Lost Colony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Roanoke Colony: A former colony in North America.

Word forms

Lost Colony the Lost Colony

Etymology

From lost + colony, since it was a failed colony of England that mysteriously disappeared with no survivors.

Synonyms

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