"Rocky" meaning in All languages combined

See Rocky on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Audio: en-au-Rocky.ogg Forms: Rockys [plural]
Etymology: Diminutives with -y. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Rockys}} Rocky (countable and uncountable, plural Rockys)
  1. A diminutive of the male given names Rocco, Roch, or Rock Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names, English diminutives of male given names
    Sense id: en-Rocky-en-name-yI~rkzAv Disambiguation of English diminutives of male given names: 51 6 9 7 10 19
  2. diminutive of Rock (“surname”) Tags: countable, diminutive, form-of, uncountable Form of: Rock (extra: surname)
    Sense id: en-Rocky-en-name-Vbcl66h5
  3. Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer in a series of films. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Rocky-en-name-WoEC0Glz
  4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a motion picture. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Rocky-en-name-0BhgSnb8
  5. A placename
    (informal, Australia) diminutive of Rockhampton; The regional city of Rockhampton; A city in Queensland, Australia.
    Tags: Australia, countable, diminutive, form-of, informal, uncountable Form of: Rockhampton (extra: The regional city of Rockhampton; A city in Queensland, Australia) Categories (place): Cities in Australia, Cities in Queensland, Places in Australia, Places in Queensland
    Sense id: en-Rocky-en-name-G4yx01z8 Categories (other): Australian English
  6. A placename
    A town in Oklahoma, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Oklahoma, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Oklahoma, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Rocky-en-name-e6G9nIos Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 3 20 12 15 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 4 12 9 18 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 3 19 12 15 33

Inflected forms

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