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Roanoke
Meaning
Noun
●
In American English:
White
beads
of low value made from
shells
, formerly used for
ornaments
and
currency
by Native Americans of
colonial
Virginia.
Name
●
A placename:
Ellipsis of Roanoke Colony.; a
failed
late
16th
century
English
colony
on what is now
th
e
coast
of North Carolina.
●
A placename:
A
city
in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.
●
A placename:
A
village
in Woodford County, Illinois, United States.
●
A placename:
A
town
in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
●
A placename:
An
unincorporated
community
in Howard County and Randolph County, Missouri, United States.
●
A placename:
A
city
in Denton County, Texas, United States.
●
A placename:
An
independent city
in Virginia, United States.
●
A placename:
An
unincorporated
community
in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
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Origin
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