Roanoke

roanoke English Etymology en pim rawrenock roanoke things rubbed smooth by hand. Proper noun A placename: en Colonialism Historical events History of the United States en @ellipsis of:Roanoke Colony a failed late 16th century English <<former colony>> on what is now the coast of <<s/North Carolina>> in the <<c/USA>>. en Roanoke Colony Lost Colony en Croatoan en Peter C. Mancall Pilgrims survived until the first Thanksgiving thanks to an epidemic that devastated Native Americans w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/health/pilgrim-survival-disease-conversation-wellness 2019-11-25 These first English migrants to Jamestown endured terrible disease and arrived during a period of drought and colder-than-normal winters. The migrants to Roanoke on the outer banks of Carolina, where the English had gone in the 1580s, disappeared. And a brief effort to settle the coast of Maine in 1607 and 1608 failed because of an unusually bitter winter. https://web.archive.org/web/20260218112330/https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/health/pilgrim-survival-disease-conversation-wellness 18 February 2026 en Roanoke County en Roanoke Island en place c/USA: en city co/Randolph County s/Alabama c/USA. en village co/Woodford County s/Illinois c/USA. en town co/Huntington County s/Indiana c/USA. en ucomm co/Howard County and co/Randolph County s/Missouri c/USA. en city co/Denton County s/Texas c/USA. en independent city s/Virginia c/USA. TopoZone: Roanoke, Virginia en ucomm co/Lewis County s/West Virginia c/USA. Derived terms en Roanoke bells Roanoke Colony Roanoke County Roanoke Island Roanoker References