Roanoke.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
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.
A placename: Ellipsis of Roanoke County
A placename: Ellipsis of Roanoke Island
A placename: A place in the United States A city in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.
A placename: A place in the United States A village in Woodford County, Illinois, United States.
A placename: A place in the United States A town in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
A placename: A place in the United States An unincorporated community in Howard County and Randolph County, Missouri, United States.
A placename: A place in the United States A city in Denton County, Texas, United States.
A placename: A place in the United States An independent city in Virginia, United States.
A placename: A place in the United States An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Powhatan rawrenock (“roanoke”, literally “things rubbed smooth by hand”).
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