Roanoke Colony
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Roanoke Colony
Where it comes from
From colony + Powhatan rawrenock (“roanoke”, literally “things rubbed smooth by hand”)
proper noun
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A sixteenth century failed colony on Roanoke Island in present day Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
Similar: Lost Colony, Roanoke
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