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Rockville

Rockville proper noun: a census-designated place in Clarke County, Alabama.

Proper noun

Rockville

  1. A census-designated place in Clarke County, Alabama.
  2. An unincorporated community in Solano County, California.
  3. A census-designated place and village in the town of Vernon, Tolland County, Connecticut.
  4. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
  5. A town, the county seat of Adams Township, Parke County, Indiana.
  6. An unincorporated community and former city in Delaware County, Iowa.
  7. A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland; named for nearby Rock Creek.
    • Glenview Mansion is an elegant 1926 home included on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in the 153-acre Rockville Civic Center Park, it is the perfect location for weddings, private parties, mitzvahs, conferences, and many other special occasions. Every rental includes a customized...2016 August, “Glenview Mansion”, in City of Rockville, Maryland - Official Website, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2016
  8. A city in Stearns County, Minnesota; named for granite rock formations on nearby streams.
  9. A city in Bates County, Missouri; named for local white sandstone quarries.
  10. A village in Sherman County, Nebraska.
  11. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio; named for nearby quarries.
  12. An unincorporated community in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, location of the Rockville Bridge.
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  1. A village in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island.
  2. A town in Charleston County, South Carolina.
  3. A town in Washington County, Utah.
    • The Rio Virgen, between Long Valley and the Mormon town of Rockville, runs through Parunuweap Canyon, which is often not more than 20 or 30 feet in width and is from 600 to 1,500 feet deep.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...
  4. An unincorporated community in Hanover County, Virginia; named for postmaster William Rock.
  5. An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia; named for the area's rocky terrain.
  6. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Wisconsin.
  7. An unincorporated community in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  8. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  9. A suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

Origin of Rockville

From rock or Rock (a surname) + -ville.

Words formed from Rockville

Questions about Rockville

What does Rockville mean?
Rockville means a census-designated place in Clarke County, Alabama.
What part of speech is Rockville?
Rockville is a proper noun.

Words near Rockville in the dictionary

  1. Rockton
  2. rocktronic
  3. rocktronica
  4. rockumentaries
  5. rockumentary
  6. Rockville
  7. Rockville Centre
  8. Rockwall
  9. Rockwall County
  10. rockwarbler
  11. rockwarblers

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