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Rosherville

Rosherville proper noun: a suburb of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames (OS grid ref TQ6374).

Proper noun

Rosherville

  1. A suburb of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames (OS grid ref TQ6374).
  2. A suburban area of Johannesburg, South Africa, previously the location of a power station.
    • […] the engine was named Barclay, and put to work at the Electricity Supply Commission's power station at Vereeniging. In about 1948, it was transferred to the power station at Rosherville, where it is still in service.1959 April, “Notes and News: Jersey Railway Locomotive Survivor”, in Railway Magazine, page 283

Origin of Rosherville

From Rosher + -ville, named after Jeremiah Rosher.

Questions about Rosherville

What does Rosherville mean?
Rosherville means a suburb of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames (OS grid ref TQ6374).
What part of speech is Rosherville?
Rosherville is a proper noun.

Words near Rosherville in the dictionary

  1. roshambos
  2. Roshan
  3. roshchinite
  4. Roshei Chodashim
  5. Rosher
  6. Rosherville
  7. roshi
  8. Roshidere
  9. roshis
  10. roshogolla
  11. roshogollas

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