English Explanatory Dictionary

Roch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Roch

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.

Related words

Roach Riemann-Roch theorem Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem

Derived words

Rochdale Nolton and Roch
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