Roaix

English

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Roaix (plural Roaixes)

1. A surname.

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Roaix.

Proper noun

Roaix

1. A village in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Translations

a village in Vaucluse, France

• French: Roaix (fr) m
• Occitan: Roais m

Anagrams

• ixora, orixa

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan Roais. Roays attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.ɛ/

Proper noun

Roaix m

1. Roaix (a village in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

   Holonym: Vaucluse

Descendants

• → English: Roaix

Further reading

• Géoportail, Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière, 2019