Roanoke
See also: roanoke
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Powhatan rawrenock (“roanoke”, literally “things rubbed smooth by hand”).
Proper noun
[edit]Roanoke
- A placename:
- Ellipsis of Roanoke Colony.; a failed late 16th century English colony on what is now the coast of North Carolina.
- A city in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.
- A village in Woodford County, Illinois, United States.
- A town in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Howard County and Randolph County, Missouri, United States.
- A city in Denton County, Texas, United States.
- An independent city in Virginia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms
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- English terms borrowed from Powhatan
- English terms derived from Powhatan
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English ellipses
- en:Dependent territories of the United States
- en:Places in North Carolina, USA
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- en:Cities in Alabama, USA
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- en:Places in Alabama, USA
- en:Villages in Illinois, USA
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- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Towns in Indiana, USA
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- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
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- en:Cities in Texas, USA
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- en:Cities in Virginia, USA
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Colonialism
- en:Historical events
- en:History of the United States