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Roc, ROC, or R.O.C. may refer to:

People

  • Roch (c. 1348 – 1376), Occitan saint called Roc in Catalan
  • Agustí Roc (born 1971), Spanish ski mountaineer
  • Margaret Roc (born 1945), Australian author
  • Patricia Roc (1915–2003), British actress
  • Ste V Roc (born 1977), Irish hip-hop artist
  • Roc Alexander (born 1981), American football player
  • Roche Braziliano (fl. 1630–1671), also spelled Roc, Dutch pirate
  • Roc Kirby (1918–2008), Australian businessman
  • Roc Oliva (born 1989), Spanish field hockey player
  • Roc Raida (1972–2009), American disc jockey, turntablist and producer
  • Roc Thomas (born 1995), American football player
  • The R.O.C. (rapper) (born 1973), American rapper

Places

  • Republic of China, the official name of the government of Taiwan
    • Republic of China (1912–1949), the internationally-recognized government of China prior to the retreat of the Kuomintang to Taiwan and the establishment of the People's Republic of China by the Chinese Communist Party
  • Republic of the Congo, the official name of a Central African country
  • Greater Rochester International Airport, by IATA airport code
  • Rest of Canada, term for everywhere in Canada but Quebec
  • Roč, a town in Croatia
  • Le Roc, a commune in France

Companies and organizations

  • Radar Operations Center, US National Weather Service unit
  • Rail operating centre, a railway signalling centre in the UK
  • Regional Organisations of Councils, voluntary groupings of neighbouring councils in Australia
  • Registrar of Companies, India
  • Remote Operations Center, a National Security Agency facility in Fort Meade, Maryland
  • Restaurant Opportunities Center, a union-supported labor group
  • Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium, a network of clinical trial sites
  • Right of Centre, a short-lived New Zealand political party
  • Roc Books, a paperback science fiction and fantasy imprint of Penguin Group
  • Roc Nation, an American entertainment company
  • Roc Oil Company, based in Sydney, Australia
  • Royal Observer Corps, a former British civil defence organisation
  • Russian Orthodox Church

Entertainment

  • R.O.C. (band), British electronica group founded in 1983 by Fred Browning and Patrick Nicholson
  • Roc (Dungeons & Dragons), a role-playing version of the mythical bird
  • "Roc" (song), a 2006 song by French-born singer Nâdiya
  • Roc (TV series), an American sitcom which aired 1991–94

Finance

Mathematics

Sports

  • Russian Olympic Committee
  • Race of Champions, motorsport event combining track and rally drivers
  • Race of Champions (modified racing), a yearly stock car race using modified race cars
  • Roc, the name of the University of Pittsburgh's costumed panther mascot (see Panthers of Pittsburgh)

Other uses

  • Roc (mythology), a mythical giant bird
  • Renewables Obligation Certificates, used in the UK's electricity supply industry
  • Resource-oriented computing
  • Blackburn Roc, a British naval fighter-bomber and turret fighter aircraft of World War II
  • Scaled Composites Stratolaunch Model 351, nicknamed "Roc"
  • Republic of Chocolate
  • Rail operating centre, centralised locations for the control of the British railway network

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