Etymology

Roanoke Colony

Today it means: A sixteenth century failed colony on Roanoke Island in present day Dare County, North Carolina, United States. Full definition →

Powhatan rawrenock
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The story

  1. Powhatan · derived fromrawrenock“roanoke”
  2. English todayRoanoke Colony

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

Words from the same roots

Powhatanrawrenock all →

roanokeRoanoke Island

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.