# Roxbury

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #41,359

## Definitions
1. A community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
2. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in McPherson County, Kansas.
4. A small town in Oxford County, Maine.
5. A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
6. A small town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
7. A town in Delaware County, New York.
8. A neighbourhood of Queens, New York.
9. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio.
10. An unincorporated community in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
11. A small town in Washington County, Vermont.
12. A town and unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.
13. A township in Morris County, New Jersey.

## Etymology
From Old English hrōc (“rook”), in the genitive singular case hrōces + byriġ, from burg (“fortified place”).

## Easily confused with
- **robbery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robbery-vs-roxbury)

## Common misspellings (11)
`orxbury`, `robxury`, `roxbbury`, `roxbruy`, `roxburry`, `roxburyy`, `roxbuyr`, `roxubry`, `roxxbury`, `rroxbury`, `rxobury`

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