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roanoke¹

  • /ˈɹoʊənoʊk/ US
  • /ˈɹəʊənəʊk/ UK

Where it comes from

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

noun rawranoke

  1. US, historical, uncountable White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia. Cuscarawaoke, where is made so much Rawranoke or white beads that occasion as much dissention among the savages, as gold and silver amongst Christians […]

Roanoke²

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis 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. These first English migrants to Jamestown endured terrible disease and arrived during a period of drought and colder-than-normal winters. The migrants to Roanoke on the outer banks of Carolina, where the English had gone in the 1580s, disappeared. And a brief effort to settle the coast of Maine in 1

    Similar: Roanoke Colony, Lost Colony

  2. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Roanoke County
  3. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Roanoke Island
  4. A city in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.
  5. A village in Woodford County, Illinois, United States.
  6. A town in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Howard County and Randolph County, Missouri, United States.
  8. A city in Denton County, Texas, United States.
  9. An independent city in Virginia, United States.
  10. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.

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Closest in meaning: rawranoke, roanoker, rosary, rooke, roan, penal rosary, roach, rial, roset, rix-dollar, rockingham, roan duck, rose noble, rove, strawberry roan, rose knot

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"roanoke." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/roanoke. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

roanoke. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/roanoke

Chicago

"roanoke." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/roanoke.

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@misc{roanoke_2026,
  title = {roanoke},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roanoke},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}