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roc¹

  • /ɹɒk/

Sounds like rock, rawk · Rhymes with -ɒk

Where it comes from

From Spanish rocho, ruc, from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Classical Persian رُخ (rux).

noun rocs · roche · rok · ruc · rukh · ruck

  1. An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend. The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage. "By this time the sun was about to set, and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had been covered with a thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness, but much more when I found it occasioned by a bird of a

roc²

  • /ɹɒk/

Sounds like rock, rawk · Rhymes with -ɒk

noun

  1. colloquial Rocuronium.

ROC³

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Republic of China (all senses).Republic of China Near-synonym: China
  2. Taiwan ROC. Former U.S. Senator George McGovern said that during his one-week visit to the ROC he met many friendly, optimistic and energetic people, and called the Republic of China an "energetic" country. He said he hopes his visit will help to promote understanding between the ROC and liberals in the United
  3. A former sovereign state of China, 1912–1949; dissolved by the declaration of the People's Republic.
  4. Canada The "Rest of Canada", i.e. Canada excluding the province of Quebec. [T]he old and tired purveyors of separatism in Québec continue to harp on what they contend Québec is not—essentially, “not the ROC”—in order to peddle their snake oil.
  5. abbreviation Abbreviation of Republic of (the) Congo, Congo-Brazzaville.Republic of
  6. abbreviation Abbreviation of Russia(n) Olympic Committee.Russia(n) Olympic Committee
  7. abbreviation Abbreviation of Race of Champions.Race of Champions
  8. abbreviation Abbreviation of Russian Orthodox Church.Russian Orthodox Church
  9. UK, historical The Royal Observer Corps, a former United Kingdom defence organization (1925 to 1992).

noun ROCs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of region of convergence.region of convergence
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of receiver operating characteristic.receiver operating characteristic

Roc⁴

  • /ˈɹɑk/

Sounds like roc, rock, rawk (cot–caught merger)

Where it comes from

Orthographic clipping of Rochester, where pronunciation of /k/ is based on the spelling of ⟨c⟩.

proper noun the Roc · ROC

  1. New York, slang Nickname for Rochester: a city in New York, United States.

RoC⁵

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of ROC (R of C)ROC

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