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name
A placename:
Ellipsis of Roanoke Colony: a failed late 16th century English former colony on what is now the coast of North Carolina in the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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Synonyms: Roanoke Colony, Lost Colony
Antonyms: none provided
name
A placename:
Ellipsis of Roanoke County
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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name
A placename:
Ellipsis of Roanoke Island
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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name
A placename:
A place in the United States
A city in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename:
A place in the United States
A village in Woodford County, Illinois, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename:
A place in the United States
A town in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename:
A place in the United States
An unincorporated community in Howard County and Randolph County, Missouri, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename:
A place in the United States
A city in Denton County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename:
A place in the United States
An independent city in Virginia, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename:
A place in the United States
An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical, uncountable
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noun
a city in southwestern Virginia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center
History
Borrowed from Powhatan rawrenock (“roanoke”, literally “things rubbed smooth by hand”).
Borrowed from Powhatan rawrenock (“things rubbed smooth by hand”).
