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| * [[Rock (geology)]], naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloid | * [[Rock (geology)]], naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloid | ||
| * [[Rock music]], form of popular music | * [[Rock music]], form of popular music | ||
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| - | ==Geology== | ||
| - | * [[Rock (geology)]], naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids | ||
| - | * Rock salt or [[halite]], mineral form of sodium chloride | ||
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| - | ==People== | ||
| - | *[[Rock (name)]], several people | ||
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| - | ==Fictional characters== | ||
| - | * [[Rock (comics)]], a fictional character in the DC Comics universe | ||
| - | * [[Rock (manga character)]], a recurrent major character in most of Osamu Tezuka's manga series | ||
| - | * Robert Orin Charles Kilroy (ROCK), from the Styx rock opera Kilroy was here - see [[Mr. Roboto]] | ||
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| - | ==Music== | ||
| - | * [[Rock music]], form of popular music | ||
| - | * [[Rocks (album)|''Rocks'' (album)]], by Aerosmith | ||
| - | * [[Rocks (Harem Scarem album)|''Rocks'' (Harem Scarem album)]], 2001 | ||
| - | * "The Rock" instrumental song by The Who from ''[[Quadrophenia]]'' | ||
| - | * [[Rocks (song)|"Rocks" (song)]], by Primal Scream | ||
| - | * "Rock", one of the tracks on "[[Soft/Rock]]", a single by Lemon Jelly | ||
| - | * [[Rock (Casting Pearls EP)|''Rock'' (Casting Pearls EP)]], by Casting Pearls | ||
| - | * [[The Rock (Rachmaninoff)|''The Rock'' (Rachmaninoff)]], an orchestral composition | ||
| - | * [[The Rock (The Frankie Miller Band album)|''The Rock'' (The Frankie Miller Band album)]], the third album from The Frankie Miller Band | ||
| - | * [[The Rock (John Entwistle album)|''The Rock'' (John Entwistle album)]], the sixth solo album by John Entwistle, bassist for The Who | ||
| - | * [[The Rock (Tracy Lawrence album)|''The Rock'' (Tracy Lawrence album)]], the tenth studio album by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence | ||
| - | * [[The Rocks (band)]], a former UK indie rock band | ||
| - | * "The Rock", a song by Atomic Rooste from ''[[In Hearing of Atomic Rooster]]'' | ||
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| - | ==Entertainment== | ||
| - | * Another term for [[uprock]], a form of street dance | ||
| - | * [[The Rock (film)|''The Rock'' (film)]], 1996 film starring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage directed by Michael Bay | ||
| - | * [[The Rock (play)|''The Rock'' (play)]], T.S. Eliot's 1934 pageant play | ||
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| - | ==Places== | ||
| - | ===Australia=== | ||
| - | * [[The Rocks, New South Wales]], a locality in Sydney, Australia | ||
| - | * [[The Rock, New South Wales]], a town in southern New South Wales | ||
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| - | ===Canada=== | ||
| - | * The Rocks or [[Hopewell Rocks]], New Brunswick, a coastal formation | ||
| - | * [[Newfoundland (island)]], Canada | ||
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| - | ===United Kingdom=== | ||
| - | * [[Rock, Cornwall]], village in Cornwall, England | ||
| - | * [[Rock, Northumberland]], village in Northumberland, England | ||
| - | * [[Rock, West Sussex]] | ||
| - | * [[Rock, Worcestershire]], village in Worcestershire, England | ||
| - | * [[Lewis]], an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland | ||
| - | * [[Rock, County Tyrone]] – a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | ||
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| - | ===United States=== | ||
| - | * The Rock or [[Alcatraz Island]], small island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States | ||
| - | * [[The Rock, Georgia]] | ||
| - | * [[The Rock (Northwestern University)]], a landmark at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois | ||
| - | * [[Rock Island, Illinois]], county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States | ||
| - | * [[Memorial Stadium (Indiana)]], on the Indiana University campus | ||
| - | * [[Rock, Kansas]], unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States | ||
| - | * [[The Rock (Michigan State University)]], a boulder on the campus of Michigan State University | ||
| - | * [[Rock Township, Benson County, North Dakota]], civil township in United States | ||
| - | * The Rocks or [[McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania]], a borough | ||
| - | * [[Rock, West Virginia]], a community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States | ||
| - | * [[Rock County, Wisconsin]], county in United States | ||
| - | * [[Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin]], town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States | ||
| - | * [[Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin]], town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States | ||
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| - | ===Other Places=== | ||
| - | * The Rock or [[Gibraltar]], British overseas territory near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain) | ||
| - | * [[Corregidor]], an island in the Philippines | ||
| - | * [[Niue]], an island near Tonga | ||
| - | * [[Rockall]], a islet in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the United Kingdom | ||
| - | * [[Tutuila]], the main island of American Samoa | ||
| - | * [[Foundation Stone]], the rock inside Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock | ||
| - | * Newark's [[Prudential Center]], nicknamed "The Rock" due to Prudential Financial's logo | ||
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| - | ==Food== | ||
| - | * [[Rock candy]], type of confectionery composed of large sugar crystals | ||
| - | * [[Rock (confectionery)]], type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery | ||
| - | * [[Edinburgh rock]], stick-shaped Scottish confection, notably different from ordinary rock | ||
| - | * [[Plymouth Rock (chicken)]], breed of chicken | ||
| - | * [[Rock salmon]], Often referred to as Rock. Sold in UK fish and chip shops. | ||
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| - | ==Computers== | ||
| - | * [[Rock (processor)]], microprocessor by Sun Microsystems | ||
| - | * [[Rocks Cluster Distribution]], Linux distribution for cluster computing | ||
| - | * [[Rocks (PHP)]] | ||
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| - | ==Sports== | ||
| - | {{for|individual athletes|Rock (name)}} | ||
| - | * Rock, used in the sport of [[Curling]] | ||
| - | * [[The Rock (rugby team)]] or Atlantic Rock, a rugby union team based in St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada | ||
| - | * The Rocks or the [[Scottish Rocks]], a basketball team | ||
| - | * "The Rock," nickname of the athletic teams of [[Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania]] | ||
| - | * "Rock" is a slang term for a [[Basketball (ball)|basketball]] and [[American Football|football]]. | ||
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| - | ==Other uses== | ||
| - | * [[ROCK1]], human gene | ||
| - | * Rock or [[islet]], small island | ||
| - | * Rock, or [[distaff]], a tool used in spinning | ||
| - | * Rock, slang term for [[crack cocaine]] | ||
| - | * Enlarged [[Jewellery]], such as the [[gemstone]]s on an [[engagement ring]] | ||
| - | * The Rock, a headland occupied by the original fortified town of Monaco, today's [[Monaco-Ville]] | ||
| - | * The Rock or [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]], former Class I railroad in the United States | ||
| - | * [[The Rocks, Inc.]], US military officers' organization | ||
| - | * [[The Rock (Radio station)]], a New Zealand rock music radio station | ||
| - | * [[Mangrove red snapper]], sometimes called rock salmon | ||
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| - | * {{lookfrom}} | + | * [[Rock-cut architecture]] |
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| - | * [[Rock of Ages (disambiguation)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Rock and roll (disambiguation)]] | + | |
| - | * Rockman or ''[[Mega Man]]'' | + | |
| - | * [[Rok (disambiguation)]] | + | |
| - | * [[ROC (disambiguation)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Roque (disambiguation)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Rockfish (disambiguation)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Rock River (disambiguation)]] | + | |
| - | * [[David Rock (disambiguation)]] | + | |
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Rock usually refers to:
- Rock (geology), naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloid
- Rock music, form of popular music
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