Definition of "Rock"

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke ).  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname.  examples

A number of places in England:

1. A coastal village in St Minver Lowlands parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9375).  examples

2. A hamlet in Membury parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2702).  examples

3. A village in Rennington parish, northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NU2020).  examples

4. A hamlet in Curry Mallet parish, South Somerset district and North Curry parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3222).  examples

5. A hamlet in Washington parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1214).  examples

6. A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7371).  examples

A place in Wales:

1. A hamlet in Blackwood community, Caerphilly county borough (OS grid ref ST1898).  examples

2. A hamlet north-east of Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot county borough (OS grid ref SS7993).  examples

The Rock, a village south-west of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.  examples

A number of places in the United States:

1. An unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas.  examples

2. An unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Delta County, Michigan.  examples

3. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.  examples

4. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.  examples

5. A town in Wood County, Wisconsin.  examples

6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Rock Township.  examples

the Rock

1. (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Gibraltar.  examples

2. (Australia, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Uluru.  examples

3. (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the prison on Alcatraz Island, USA.  examples

4. (Canada, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.  examples