Roach may refer to:

Animals

* Cockroach, various insect species of the order Blattodea * Common roach (''Rutilus rutilus''), a fresh and brackish water fish of the family Cyprinidae ** ''

Rutilus ''Rutilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Eurasia. This genus is a widely distributed lineage of cyprinids and ranges from West Europe to East Siberia. Species In FishBase (2022), nine species are included in the genus: * ...

'' or roaches, a genus of fishes * California roach (''Hesperoleucus symmetricus''), a cyprinid fish native to western North America

Places

Roach, Missouri Roach is an unincorporated community in southern Camden County, Missouri, United States. It is located north of U.S. Route 54 on Missouri Route AA, approximately five miles west of Camdenton Camdenton is a city in and the county seat of Camden ...

, an unincorporated community *

Roach, Nevada Roach is a ghost town and railroad siding in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is located along the Union Pacific Railroad, between Jean, Nevada and Nipton, California. History Roach was settled between 1902 and 1905. In 1904, a tractor ...

, a ghost town *

Roach, West Virginia Roach is an unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers clas ...

, an unincorporated community *

Roach River (Maine) The Roach River is a river in Piscataquis County, Maine. From the outlet of Third Roach Pond () in Shawtown (Maine Township A, Range 12, WELS), the river runs west, through a chain of ponds.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrograph ...

, a river in Piscataquis County *

Roach River (Virginia) The Roach River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the North Fork Rivanna River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is part of the James River ...

, a tributary of the North Fork Rivanna River * River Roach, Essex, England * Roach, former name of the

Rural Municipality of Leroy No. 339 The Rural Municipality of Leroy No. 339 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 10 and Division No. 5. It is located east of Saskatoon. History The RM of Roach N ...

, Saskatchewan, Canada

People

Roach (surname) Roach is an English and Irish surname of Norman origin, derived from the Old French ''roche'' (rock), and may refer to: Politics and government *George Roach ( fl. 1870s), Canadian politician *John C. Roach, American jurist on the Kentucky Supreme ...

, a list of people who bear the last name Roach *

Roach (rapper) Roach Gigz or Roach, is an American rapper and hyphy hip hop artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. Gigz released his first independent album in 2012, entitled ''Bugged Out''. He runs his own label, Goomba Records. Career Early career While ...

(born 1988), American rapper and hip-hop artist * Roach, fictional character in the animated series '' Supernoobs'' * Gary "Roach" Sanderson, a playable character in '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' *

Roach Stewart Roach Sidney Stewart (January 28, 1881 – March 16, 1948) was a college football player and attorney. A native of Lancaster, South Carolina, he was the town's mayor from 1918 to 1922. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, wh ...

(1881–1948), college football player and attorney *Roach, a fictional character from the 1991 crime-action film, Point Break *

Law Roach Law Roach is an American fashion stylist best known for his work with Zendaya and for serving as a judge on ''Legendary''. Career Roach's styling debut was in a Deliciously Vintage boutique, when Kanye West walked into the store in 2009. Fo ...

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Zerg Blizzard Entertainment's real-time strategy game series '' StarCraft'' revolves around interstellar affairs in a distant sector of the galaxy, with three species and multiple factions all vying for supremacy in the sector. The playable species of ...

unit in StarCraft 2 *

Roach (headdress) Porcupine hair roaches are a traditional male headdress of a number of Native American tribes in what is now New England, the Great Lakes and Missouri River regions, including the Potawatomi who lived where Chicago now stands. They were and sti ...

, traditional Native American headdress usually of porcupine hair *

Roach (sail) Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured. A sail may be classified in a variety of ways, including by its orientation to the vessel (e.g. ''fore-and-a ...

, an arc of extra material on the leech of a sail * Roach (smoking), the butt of a marijuana cigarette * Roaching, a way of styling the mane of a horse * Roach back, a type of conformation of the back of a horse * Roach Stone, a type of Portland stone with many shell fragments within the stone * '' Roach v Electoral Commissioner'', a landmark 2007 High Court of Australia case

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