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Rock(s) may refer to:
Geology- Rock (geology), naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids
- Halite or Rock salt, mineral form of sodium chloride
Places- Rock, Cornwall, village in Cornwall, England
- Rock, Northumberland, village in Northumberland, England
- Rock, Worcestershire, village in Worcestershire, England
- Blackrock College, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
- Rock, Kansas, unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States
- Rock Township, Benson County, North Dakota, civil township in United States
- Rock, West Virginia, a community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States
- Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
- Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States
- Rock County, Wisconsin, county in United States
- Rock Island, Illinois, county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States
- Rock, County Tyrone - A small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
- "The Rock" or Alcatraz Island, small island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States
- "The Rock" or Gibraltar, British overseas territory near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain)
Films- The Rock (film), 1996 film starring Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage
- Rock On!! (2008 film), Hindi film
- Camp Rock, 2008 made-for-TV movie on the Disney Channel
Music- Rock music, form of popular music
- Rock (rapper), half of the hip-hop duo Heltah Skeltah
- Rocks (album), album by Aerosmith
- "The Rock" instrumental song by The Who from Quadrophenia
- "Rocks" (song), song by Primal Scream
- "Soft/Rock", single by Lemon Jelly featuring the tracks "Soft" and "Rock"
- Rock (Casting Pearls EP), an EP by VOTA (formerly known as Casting Pearls)
Food- Rock candy, type of confectionery composed of large sugar crystals
- Rock (confectionery), type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery
- Edinburgh rock, stick-shaped Scottish confection, notably different from ordinary rock
- Plymouth Rock (chicken), breed of chicken
Computers- ROCK Linux, software for building customized Linux distributions
- Rock (processor), microprocessor by Sun Microsystems
- Rocks Cluster Distribution, Linux distribution for cluster computing
Other uses- Rock of Ages, phrase used in the Bible to describe God, found in the Psalms, and in the Gospel of Luke
- ROCK1, human gene
- Rock or islet, small island
- The Rocks, mascot of Rock Island High School, Rock Island, Illinois
- "The Rock" or Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, former Class I railroad in the United States
- Slang term for crack cocaine
- Slang term for testicles, especially in the sense of "to get one's rocks off"Citation needed
People In surnames:
- Allan Rock (born 1947), Canadian Justice Minister, Health Minister and diplomat
- Andrew Rock (born 1982), Olympic athlete
- Bob Rock (born 1954), musician, sound engineer and record producer
- Chris Rock (born 1965), American comedian
- David M
. Rock, former mayor of Central Elgin, Ontario, Canada
- John Rock (American scientist) (1890-1984), one of the inventors of the contraceptive pill
- Joseph Rock (1884-1962), Austrian-American explorer, geographer and botanist
- Raymond Rock (born 1922), Canadian politician
- Robert Rock (born 1977), English professional golfer
In given names:
- Rock or Roch, Roman Catholic saint
- Rock Hudson (1925-1985), American actor
- Rock Whittington, guitarist
- Rock F. Jones, 16th President of Ohio Wesleyan University
In nicknames:
- Kid Rock (born 1971), American rapper and rock musician
- Rahman "Rock" Harper, winner of ''Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 3)
- Tim Raines (born 1959), American baseball player, nicknamed "Rock"
- Dwayne Johnson (born 1972), aka Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, actor and former professional wrestler
In fictional characters:
- Rock Lee, character in Naruto media
- Nathaniel "Rock" Adams, character in Soul Calibur media, see Rock (Soulcalibur)
- Rock Howard, character in Fatal Fury and King of Fighters media
- Rock chano (manga character), character in Osamu Tezuka's manga series
- Rokuro "Rock" Okajima, character in Black Lagoon media
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