# Roch

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #65,471

## Definitions
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).

## 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.

## Source
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