Definitions for roanokeˈroʊ əˌnoʊk
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Ro•a•nokeˈroʊ əˌnoʊk(n.)
a city in SW Virginia. 97,700.
Category: Geography (places)
a river flowing SE from W Virginia to Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. 380 mi. (610 km) long.
Category: Geography (places)
Princeton's WordNet
Roanoke(noun)
a city in southwestern Virginia
Wiktionary
roanoke(Noun)
White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.
Origin: From rawrenock.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Roanoke
a flourishing city of Virginia, U.S., on the Roanoke River; has rapidly sprung into a busy centre of steel, iron, machinery, tobacco, and other factories.
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