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Rocky
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rocky Rockies
English
Etymology
Diminutives with en -y.
Pronunciation
en en-au-Rocky.ogg AU
Proper noun
~ s
en male Robert,Ricky,Rocco,Roch,Rock.
en 1995 w:Patricia Cornwell From Potter′s Field 82 Berkeley Books 2005 0425204693 ‘I didn′t know your son′s name was Rocky,’ I quietly said as we started walking again.‘It's really Richard. When he was a kid we called him Ricky, which somehow turned into Rocky. Some people call him Rocco. He gets called a lot of things.’
en 2024 DK Travel DK USA https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/DK_USA/8EvsEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Robert+Rocky+Balboa%22&pg=PT191&printsec=frontcover Philadelphia Museum of Art:This venue is also famous for its notable appearance in the 1976 movie 'Rocky', where Robert "Rocky" Balboabounds up the museum's steps as he prepares for his upcoming title match with Apollo Creed.
en Rock surname.
nickame for a boxer, after en Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer in a series of films.
en informal en The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a motion picture.
A placename
en informal Australia en Rockhampton; the regional city of en Rockhampton; en city s/Queensland c/Australia 1.
en 2005 Tim Uden Australia: The Backpackers Ultimate Guide 3rd http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SC4OXgU6FewC&pg=PA178&lpg=PA178&dq=%22rocky%22+rockhampton+-intitle:%22rocky%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=O3l6WPEEC6&sig=Sbi9WGeU6epguNihlJs2SAhUAOo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1k4RUN_JHNChiAe1rIDwAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22rocky%22%20rockhampton%20-intitle%3A%22rocky%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 178 Rocky is the major city on the central Queensland coast and likes to call itself the beef capital of Australia.
en 2008 Alan Murphy; Justin Flynn; Olivia Pozzan; Paul Harding Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef Lonely Planet http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ge2pY-YAZxsC&pg=PA234&lpg=PA234&dq=%22rocky%22+queensland+-intitle:%22rocky%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=JZW6Amlmn6&sig=N8Cgw1wkO7xcdRxSh42q_3esSWw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NUkRUN37I6myiQfppoDIAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22rocky%22%20queensland%20-intitle%3A%22rocky%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 234 Rocky has a smattering of attractions but is best seen as the gateway to the coastal gems of Yeppoon and Great Keppel Island.
en 2009 Steele Fitchett Being Real i 15 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ge1mA9GHvu8C&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=%22rocky%22+rockhampton+-intitle:%22rocky%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=h67VIfdiqL&sig=UB8_PpirpDq4ItbFq5gu8lEBtSo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1k4RUN_JHNAe1rIDwAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22rocky%22%20rockhampton%20-intitle%3A%22rocky%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false “I wonder when I′ll be asked to leave?” Kevin thought. “This is very different to how things went last time in Rocky (Rockhampton). It all seems very relaxed here. The staff seem to expect you to hang around. What for?”
en town s/Oklahoma c/USA.
Anagrams
en ckory corky
en diminutives of male given names
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :bor en:Rocky + 1
Pronunciation
ceb Roc ky
Proper noun
+
ceb male English
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Rocky + 1
Pronunciation
Raki Ro.cky
Proper noun
Raki
tl male English