Roanoke

See also: roanoke

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Powhatan rawrenock (“roanoke”, literally “things rubbed smooth by hand”).

Proper noun

Roanoke

  1. A placename:
    1. Ellipsis of Roanoke Colony.; a failed late 16th century English colony on what is now the coast of North Carolina.
    2. A city in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.
    3. A village in Woodford County, Illinois, United States.
    4. A town in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
    5. An unincorporated community in Howard County and Randolph County, Missouri, United States.
    6. A city in Denton County, Texas, United States.
    7. An independent city in Virginia, United States.
    8. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.

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