roanoke

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noun
  1. 1

    (US, historical) White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.

  2. 2

    A place in the United States

  3. 3

    An independent city in Virginia, United States.

  4. 4

    A city in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.

  5. 5

    A village in Woodford County, Illinois, United States.

  6. 6

    A town in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.

  7. 7

    A city in Denton County, Texas, United States.

  8. 8

    An unincorporated community in Howard County and Randolph County, Missouri, United States.

  9. 9

    An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.

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    A placename: [(historical) A sixteenth century failed colony on Roanoke Island in present day Dare County, North Carolina, United States.]

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    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. [(historical) A sixteenth century failed colony on Roanoke Island in present day Dare County, North Carolina, United States.]

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    Ellipsis of Roanoke Island [An island of Dare County, North Carolina, United States.]

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    Ellipsis of Roanoke County [One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: Salem.]