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Roque (other)
Roque is an American variant of croquet played on a hard smooth surface. Roque may also refer to: * Roque (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Roque (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * , a Camano-class cargo ship constructed for the U.S. Army See also * * * La Roque (other) * San Roque (other) * São Roque (other) * Roques (other) * Rok (other) * Roc (other) * Rock (other) * ROQ {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roque
Roque is an American variant of croquet played on a hard, smooth surface. Popular in the first quarter of the 20th century and billed "the Game of the Century" by its enthusiasts, it was an Olympic sport in the 1904 Summer Games, replacing croquet from the previous games. Roque court and equipment Roque is played on a hard sand or clay 30 by 60 foot (approximately 9 by 19 m) court bordered by a boundary wall, a curb bevelled at the ends to form an octagon. Players use this wall to balls similarly to how billiard balls are played off the cushions of a billiard table. The wickets, called arches, are permanently anchored in the court. The arches are narrow as in professional six-wicket croquet. The court has ten arches in seven points configured in a double diamond (or figure-8). The two farthest end points and the central point of the figure-8 are double arches (one after the other) while the four side (or corner) points have single arches. Each arch of the double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roque (given Name)
Roque is a given name. It is the Spanish version of Rocco. Notable persons with that name include: * Roque (footballer) (born 1973), Brazilian football player * Roque Alfaro (born 1956), Argentine football player and manager * Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez (1928–2009), Dominican Republic Roman Catholic bishop * Roque Avallay (born 1945), Argentine football player * Roque Balduque (died 1561), Spanish sculptor and maker of altarpieces * Roque Cordero (1917–2008), Panamanian-American composer * Roque Dalton (1935–1975), Salvadoran poet * Roque de la Cruz (1580–1644), Irish Dominican prelate and Tridentine reformist * Roque De La Fuente Guerra (born 1954), American businessman and 2016 presidential candidate * Roque Esteban Scarpa (1914-1995), Chilean writer, literary critic and scholar * Roque Estrada Reynoso (born 1883), Mexican lawyer, journalist and writer * Roque Fernández (born 1947), Argentine economist and politician * Roque Funes (1897-1981), Argentine cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roque (surname)
Roque is a Spanish and Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ademir Roque Kaefer (born 1960), Brazilian football player * Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (1844-1907), French philologist * Ana Roque de Duprey (1853–1933), Puerto Rican educator and suffragist * Bruno Roque de Sousa (born 1989), Brazilian football player * Carlos Roque (1936–2006), Portuguese comics artist * Christine Roque (born 1965) French singer * Felipe Pérez Roque (born 1965), Cuban politician * Francis Xavier Roque (1928-2019), American Roman Catholic bishop * Frank Roque (1959–2022), American convicted murderer * Harry Roque (born 1966), Filipino lawyer and former law professor * Hélio Roque (born 1985), Portuguese football player * Horácio Roque (1944–2010), Portuguese financier and businessman * Humberto Roque Villanueva (born 1943), Mexican politician * Jacinto Roque de Sena Pereira (1784–1850), Portuguese sailor * Jacqueline Roque (1927–1986), French model * Joao Roqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Roque (other)
La Roque or De la Roque may refer to: Places * La Roque-Alric, a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France * La Roque-Baignard, a commune in the department of Calvados in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France * La Roque-Esclapon, a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France * La Roque-Gageac, a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine, south-western France * La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite, a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France * La Roque-sur-Cèze, a commune in the Gard department in southern France * La Roque-sur-Pernes, a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France * Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque, a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France Other uses * La Roque (play), a play by American dramatist and playwright John Augustus Stone People with the surname * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Roque (other)
San Roque may refer to: People * Saint Roch (14th century), French Catholic saint * Roque González y de Santa Cruz (1576–1628), Spanish Catholic saint Places Argentina * San Roque, Corrientes, a city in Corrientes Province * San Roque Department, a department of Corrientes Province * San Roque Lake, an artificial lake in Córdoba * Aguada San Roque, a village and municipality in Neuquén Province Costa Rica * San Roque District, Barva, Heredia * San Roque District, Grecia, Alajuela Paraguay * San Roque (Asunción), a neighborhood of Asunción * San Roque González de Santa Cruz, a district in Paraguarí Department Peru * San Roque de Cumbaza, a town in the San Martín Region * San Roque de Cumbaza District, a district of Lamas * San Roque, a neighborhood in Santiago de Surco, Lima Philippines * San Roque, Northern Samar, a municipality * San Roque, a barangay in Gapan, Nueva Ecija * San Roque, a barangay in Navotas, Metro Manila * San Roque, a barangay in Pateros, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Roque (other)
São Roque (Portuguese for Saint Roch) may refer to: Places Brazil * Cape São Roque, a headland in Rio Grande do Norte state. * São Roque, São Paulo, a municipality in São Paulo state * São Roque de Minas, a municipality in Minas Gerais state * São Roque do Canaã, Espírito Santo, a municipality in Espírito Santo state * Boa Ventura de São Roque, a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil Portugal * São Roque, a parish in the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis Azores * São Roque, Ponta Delgada, a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island * São Roque do Pico, a municipality along the northern coast of Pico ** São Roque do Pico (parish), a civil parish in the municipality of São Roque do Pico Madeira * São Roque (Funchal), a civil parish in the municipality of Funchal * São Roque do Faial, a civil parish in Santana, Madeira Islands Other uses * Church of São Roque or Igreja de São Roque, a Jesuit church in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roques (other)
Roques may refer to: Places * Roques, Gers, a commune in France * Roqués, an uninhabited village in Spain * Roques, Haute-Garonne, a commune in France * Roques de Anaga, two monuments of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain * La Roque-d'Anthéron, a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France * Los Roques archipelago, a federal dependency of Venezuela * Los Roques Airport, a small domestic airport on the El Gran Roque island in the Los Roques archipelago * Roques, a small village in Aveyron, France Other uses * 5643 Roques, a Main-belt asteroid People with the surname Roques * Claude Roques (born 1912), French field hockey player * Clément-Emile Roques (1880-1964), French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Jacques Roques, Swiss aviator * Guillaume-Joseph Roques (1757–1847), French painter * Léon Roques (1839–1923), French transcriber * Pierre Roques (1856–1920), French general * Serge Roques (born 1947), French politician * Tony Roques (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock (other)
Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales * Rock, Cornwall, a village in England * Rock, County Tyrone, a village in Northern Ireland * Rock, Devon, a location in England * Rock, Neath Port Talbot, a location in Wales * Rock, Northumberland, a village in England * Rock, Somerset, a location in Wales * Rock, West Sussex, a hamlet in Washington, England * Rock, Worcestershire, a village and civil parish in England United States * Rock, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Rock, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Rock, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town in southern Wisconsin * Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, a town in central Wisconsin Elsewhere * Corregidor, an island in the Philippines also known as "The Rock" * Jamaica, an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |