Rockford
- proper noun
- /ˈrɒkfərd/
- For the reunion in Rockford, there would be only one.
- Rockford, Illinois
- Rockford, IL, USA
- Rockford area
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then two more talks, both of them out at Rockford University towards the end of the month.
- And then two more talks, both of them out at Rockford University towards the end of the month.
- You know, I'm from Rockford, IL, you know, my parents are from Ghana and West Africa.
- I thought the crowds at at Lafayette and at Rockford, which was the next night, they weren't just it was just a little bit more of a sedate vibe.
- Is there anybody still alive from Rockford Peaches Championship?
Examples
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The identification of cases was enhanced by intense media coverage in the Rockford area.
Academic text (1998) -
Common food items, restaurants, and other recreational parks in Rockford were not risk factors.
Academic text (1998) -
And there are two things that came out of Rockford that are famous.
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And then two more talks, both of them out at Rockford University towards the end of the month.
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I'm taking you to Rockford, where my cousin's the sheriff.
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Four of the children were from Rockford, Illinois, and one child was a resident of Wisconsin.
Academic text (1998) -
They'd bought a little house not too far from her parents in Rockford and were very happy.
Fiction book (1995) -
You know, I'm from Rockford, IL, you know, my parents are from Ghana and West Africa.
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Chorus Mentor Paul Laprade is the director of Choral Activities at Rock Valley College in Rockford, IL.
Academic text (2004) -
I'm originally from Rockford, Illinois.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rockford comes from the two simple English words rock and ford, because the town began at a rocky 'ford', a 'shallow place to cross a river' on the Rock River, which is why the city is named Rockford.