Rockaway Definition

rŏkə-wā
noun
A light horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, open sides, and a standing top.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A sandy peninsula in Queens County, New York, extending west from Nassau County, dividing Jamaica Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.

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Other Word Forms of Rockaway

Noun

Singular:
rockaway
Plural:
rockaways

Origin of Rockaway

  • Probably from Rockaway Beach, where they were used. From the Unami lekawe (“sandy place") or a Munsee cognate of that word.

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably after Rockaway , a town of northern New Jersey

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See rockaway.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

RROROC

Words Ending With

YAYWAY

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