# Roa

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #42,385

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A transliteration of the Arabic female given name رُؤَى (ruʔā).
3. A village in Comoé district, Ivory Coast.
4. The administrative centre of Lunner municipality, Akershus, Norway, previously in Viken.
5. A small settlement in Grey district, West Coast, New Zealand, from the Māori language.

## Etymology
(surname) From Spanish Roa.

## Easily confused with
- **RS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rs)
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rt)
- **RP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rp)
- **RV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rv)
- **RR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rr)
- **RW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rw)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-run)
- **row** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-row)
- **rob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rob)
- **Roy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-roy)
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-ron)
- **rod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rod)
- **rub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rub)
- **ROM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rom)
- **rug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rug)
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rot)
- **rum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rum)
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rue)
- **RPG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rpg)
- **rye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roa-vs-rye)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/roa