Roch

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Greater Manchester, England, which joins the River Irwell.
  2. 2
    A village in Nolton and Roch community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8721).

Etymology

From Middle English Rechedham, from Old English Reċedhām, of Brythonic origin, from the intensive Proto-Brythonic prefix *ar- + *koɨd (“wood”), meaning "river opposite of the wood." More at Roch.

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