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rochester

/ˈɹɑt͡ʃɛstɚ/

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What does rochester mean?

proper noun

  1. A town in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia
  2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
  3. A town and historic city in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7468).
More meanings (21)

proper noun

  1. A small village and civil parish (served by Rochester with Byrness Parish Council) in Northumberland, England.The north of the parish borders onto Scotland (OS grid ref NY8398).
  2. A village in Sangamon County, Illinois.
  3. A city, the county seat of Fulton County, Indiana.
  4. A township and census-designated place therein, in Cedar County, Iowa.
  5. A tiny home rule city in Butler County, Kentucky.
  6. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
  7. A city in Oakland County, Michigan; a suburb of Detroit.
  8. A large city, the county seat of Olmsted County, Minnesota.
  9. An unincorporated community in Andrew County, Missouri.
  10. A ghost town in Pershing County, Nevada.
  11. A city in Strafford County, New Hampshire.
  12. A large city, the county seat of Monroe County, New York.
  13. A town in Ulster County, New York.
  14. A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
  15. An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio.
  16. A borough of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
  17. A small town in Haskell County, Texas.
  18. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
  19. A census-designated place in Thurston County, Washington.
  20. A village in Racine County, Wisconsin.
  21. A British surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɹɑt͡ʃɛstɚ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɹɑt͡ʃəstɚ/
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The next morning she was taken to her home in Rochester, and one month from that day we conducted her funeral services.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354
Grateful, perhaps, for the undoubted services that Overbury had rendered him, Rochester would be eager enough to find his quondam friend employment.
Victor MacClureShe Stands AccusedProject Gutenberg ebook #488
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While Mr. Rochester and the other gentlemen directed these alterations, the ladies were running up and down stairs ringing for their maids.
Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #1260
Very naturally, this currant worm made its debut near Rochester, N. Y., a great fruit centre, receiving annually large importations of plants.
Edward Payson RoeSuccess with Small FruitsProject Gutenberg ebook #6117
Robson and Hayes of Rochester, N.Y., have successfully supplemented excision of spina bifida by the transplantation of a strip of periosteum from a rabbit.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747