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the Rock

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the Rock¹

  • /ðə ˈɹɑk/ US
  • /ðə ˈɹɒk/ UK

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* (Gibraltar): From the Rock of Gibraltar.

proper noun The Rock

  1. UK Nickname for Gibraltar: a dependent territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.
  2. US Nickname for Alcatraz: an island of San Francisco Bay, California, United States.
  3. US Nickname for Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary: a prison on Alcatraz Island, United States.
  4. Canada Nickname for Newfoundland: an island of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  5. Australia Nickname for Uluru: A huge free-standing rock in southern Northern Territory in central Australia.
  6. Nickname for the American actor professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson (born 1972).

The Rock²

proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of the Rock
  2. A locality in the Lockhart council area and the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.

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name nickname for Alcatraz

Españolla Roca

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MLA

"the Rock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/the%20rock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

the Rock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/the%20rock

Chicago

"the Rock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/the%20rock.

BibTeX
@misc{the_rock_2026,
  title = {the Rock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/the%20rock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}