English Explanatory Dictionary

Rokeby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A deserted medieval village and civil parish in County Durham, England.
  3. A town in the Shire of Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia.
  4. A suburb of the City of Clarence, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
  5. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
  7. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Rokeby Rokebys

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Hroca, a byname from hrókr (“rook”), + bý (“farmstead”).

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