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Roanoke Island

Roanoke Island proper noun: an island of Dare County, North Carolina, United States.

Proper noun

Roanoke Island

  1. An island of Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
    • "Still country and stubborn," says Betty Etheridge (right) describing her hometown of Wanchese, a small fishing village at the southern end of Roanoke Island.1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 503
    Synonyms:
    Roanoke

Synonyms of Roanoke Island

Origin of Roanoke Island

From island + Powhatan rawrenock (“roanoke”, literally “things rubbed smooth by hand”)

Questions about Roanoke Island

What does Roanoke Island mean?
Roanoke Island means an island of Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
What part of speech is Roanoke Island?
Roanoke Island is a proper noun.

Words near Roanoke Island in the dictionary

  1. Roanne
  2. roanoke
  3. Roanoke bells
  4. Roanoke Colony
  5. Roanoke County
  6. Roanoke Island
  7. Roanoker
  8. Roanokers
  9. roans
  10. roap
  11. roaps

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