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R.O.C.

R.O.C. is the alternative form of ROC.

Meaning of ROC

Proper noun

ROC

  1. Taiwan ROC.
    • Former U.S. Senator George McGovern said that during his one-week visit to the ROC he met many friendly, optimistic and energetic people, and called the Republic of China an "energetic" country.
    • He said he hopes his visit will help to promote understanding between the ROC and liberals in the United States.1983 March 13, “ROC progress praised by McGovern”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIV, number 10, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
    Synonyms:
    China
  2. A former sovereign state of China, 1912–1949; dissolved by the declaration of the People's Republic.
    Synonyms:
    China
  3. (Canada) The "Rest of Canada", i.e. Canada excluding the province of Quebec.
    • [T]he old and tired purveyors of separatism in Québec continue to harp on what they contend Québec is not—essentially, “not the ROC”—in order to peddle their snake oil.2002, L. Yves Fortier, “A Mature Exercise of Sovereignty”, in Osgoode Hall Law Journal, volume 40, numbers 3-4, page 426
  4. (UK, historical) The Royal Observer Corps, a former United Kingdom defence organization (1925 to 1992).

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Questions about R.O.C.

What is R.O.C. the alternative form of?
R.O.C. is the alternative form of ROC.

Words near R.O.C. in the dictionary

  1. R.I.P. in peace
  2. R.I.S.
  3. R.I.S.s
  4. R.N.
  5. R.N.s
  6. R.O.C.
  7. R.O.K.
  8. R.Ph.
  9. R.R.
  10. R.S.
  11. R.S.F.S.R.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: R.O.C. (page history and authors); ROC (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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