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roanoke

UK/ˈɹəʊənəʊk/US/ˈɹoʊənoʊk/

roanoke noun: white beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.

Noun

roanoke (uncountable)

  1. (US, historical) 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 […]1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 94
    • Pohatan, King of Virgiania's habit all embroidered with shells, or Roanoke (p. 47); Virginian purses imbroidered with Roanoake (p. 51)1656, John Tradescant, Musaeum Tradescantianum, pages 47 and 51, different spelling as printed

Proper noun capitalized: Roanoke

Roanoke

  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...2019 November 25, Peter C. Mancall, “Pilgrims survived until the first Thanksgiving thanks to an epidemic that devastated Native Americans”, in CNN
  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.

roanoke meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

roanoke in Hindi

रोआनोक, रोआनोके

roanoke in Tamil

ரோனோக், ரோனாக்

roanoke in Marathi

रोआनोक

roanoke in Urdu

رونوک
More languagesFewer languages
roanoke in Bengali
রোয়ানোক
roanoke in Telugu
రోనోక్, రొనోక్
roanoke in Malayalam
റോനോക്ക്, റോണോക്
roanoke in Kannada
ರೋನೋಕ್, ರೊನೋಕ್, ರೊನೊಕ್
roanoke in Punjabi
ਰੋਆਨੋਕ, ਰੋਆਨੋਕੇ
roanoke in Gujarati
રોઆનોક, રોનોકે, રોઆનોકે
roanoke in Odia
ରୋଆନୋକ୍, ରୋଆନୋକେ
roanoke in Nepali
रोआनोके, रोआनोक, रोनोके

Synonyms of roanoke

Forms of roanoke

alternative formrawranoke

Origin of roanoke

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

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

Words formed from roanoke

Questions about roanoke

What does roanoke mean?
Roanoke means white beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.
What is roanoke in Hindi?
Roanoke in Hindi is रोआनोक, रोआनोके. See Roanoke meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is roanoke?
Roanoke can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce roanoke?
Roanoke is pronounced /ˈɹoʊənoʊk/ (US).

Words near roanoke in the dictionary

  1. Roanes
  2. Roanhorse
  3. roaning
  4. Roanna
  5. Roanne
  6. roanoke
  7. Roanoke bells
  8. Roanoke Colony
  9. Roanoke County
  10. Roanoke Island
  11. Roanoker

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