Roxbury
English
Etymology
From Old English hrōc (“rook”), in the genitive singular case hrōces + byriġ, from burg (“fortified place”).
Proper noun
Roxbury
- A community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in McPherson County, Kansas.
- A small town in Oxford County, Maine.
- A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
- A small town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Delaware County, New York.
- A neighbourhood of Queens, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
- A small town in Washington County, Vermont.
- A town and unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.
- A township in Morris County, New Jersey.