Roach

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Roach (countable and uncountable, plural Roachs or Roaches)

  1. A surname.
    1. A surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn from Norman, in turn from Old French]
    2. A surname from placenames
  2. A placename
    1. A rivers in the United Kingdom
      1. The River Roach, a river in Essex, England, which is a stream before becoming a tidal river and joining the River Crouch.
      2. Alternative spelling of Roch, the River Roch or Roach, A river in Greater Manchester, England. 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.
    2. A 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 unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri.
      4. A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada.
      5. An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia.

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