Rockhampton

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proper noun

A village in Gloucestershire, England.

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Rocky
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Meanings

Rockhampton1

proper noun
  1. A village in Gloucestershire, England.

Rockhampton2

proper noun
  1. A regional city in Queensland, Australia.

    The coastal port cities, Mackay and Rockhampton, are 100 miles or more from Queensland's coal mines.

    2011 January 12, Joel Kirkland, “Australia's Record Rains Squeeze World Coal Supplies as Scientists Study Climate Pattern”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2025

    Synonyms: Rocky

  2. A local government area in Queensland, Australia, which includes the city; in full, Rockhampton Region.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA regional city in Queensland, Australia.

Similar
Rocky

Origin

From rock + Hampton (“a placename, considered generic”), referring to a bar of rocks that prevented further travel upriver. European settlement dates from 1855.

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APA

Rockhampton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rockhampton

MLA

“Rockhampton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rockhampton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rockhampton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rockhampton.

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