Roanoke Colony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A sixteenth century failed colony on Roanoke Island in present day Dare County, North Carolina, United States.

Word forms

Roanoke Colony

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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