Roche

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Roche (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

(Cornish village) Recorded as La Roche 1233; from Anglo-Norman roche (“rock”).

• IPA^(key): /ɹoʊʃ/

Roche

1. An Irish and French surname from Anglo-Norman of Norman origin.
2. A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9860). ^[1]

• Baulme-la-Roche

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Roche is the 1895^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18,940 individuals. Roche is most common among White (79.74%) and Hispanic/Latino (13.66%) individuals.

• Roche lobe

• -chore, chore, ocher, ochre

From Middle High German roc, from Old French roche, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox, “rook”).

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔʃ/

Roche m (strong, genitive Roche, plural Roches)

1. (chess, obsolete) rook

   Synonym: Turm

• Rochade
• rochieren

• “Roche” in Duden online