Roxbury

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proper noun

A community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

OriginOld English hrōc →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
    2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in McPherson County, Kansas.
    3. A small town in Oxford County, Maine.
    4. A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
    5. A small town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
    6. A township in Morris County, New Jersey.
    7. A town in Delaware County, New York.
    8. A neighbourhood of Queens, New York.
    9. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio.
    10. An unincorporated community in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
    11. A small town in Washington County, Vermont.
    12. A town and unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhrōc“rook”
  2. EnglishRoxbury

From Old English hrōc (“rook”), in the genitive singular case hrōces + byriġ, from burg (“fortified place”).

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APA

Roxbury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roxbury

MLA

“Roxbury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roxbury. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Roxbury,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roxbury.

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