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Italian
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rocco m (plural rocchi)
- (chess, obsolete) rook; castle
- Synonym: torre
- (architecture) drum of a column
- (historical) a type of crook, used by archbishops in Ravenna, with a small tower on its top
Further reading
- rocco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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