Roach

Roach

See also: roach

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, of Norman origin, from Old French roche (“rock”). Compare Roch.
• Also as an English surname, from the River Roch; see Roch.
• Also as an English surname, shortened from Rochdale.

Proper noun

Roach

1. A surname.
2. The River Roach, a river in Essex, England, which is a stream before becoming a tidal river and and joining the River Crouch.
3. Alternative spelling of Roch, the River Roch or Roach in Greater Manchester. Roach appears to be mainly an older spelling.
   • 1964 October, “North-Western Line Multiple-Unit Services”, in Modern Railways, page 252, photo caption:

     A Bacup to Manchester Victoria via Heywood diesel multiple-unit crossing the River Roach at Heap Bridge, Bury on November 4, 1960.

4. Places and rivers in the United States:
   1. A short river in Piscataquis County, Maine, which flows into Moosehead Lake.
   2. A short river in Virginia, a tributary of the Rivanna River.
   3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Camden County, Missouri.
   4. A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada.
   5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Cabell County, West Virginia.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Roach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Charo, Rocha, achor, archo-, corah, ochra, orach