Roanoke Colony
Meanings
name
- A sixteenth century failed colony on Roanoke Island in present day Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
Word forms
Etymology
From colony + Powhatan rawrenock (“roanoke”, literally “things rubbed smooth by hand”)
Synonyms
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