Rokeby

Proper noun

Meaning

A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.

(countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.

An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.

(uncountable) A placename:
A deserted medieval village and civil parish in County Durham, England.

A town in the Shire of Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia.

Examples

E. Pankhurst 1914, pp. 270–271; Purvis 2002, p. 209; Bartley, p. 146. In 1914 Mary Richardson slashed the Velasquez painting Rokeby Venus to protest against Pankhurst's imprisonment. Source: Internet

Examples of this style of computer music can be found in the middle-80's work of David Rokeby (Very Nervous System) where audience/performer motions are 'translated' to MIDI segments. Source: Internet

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