Meanings
alternative Roanne
- A female given name.
“It’s a pretty powerful song,” Roanna Avila, 19, an Oceanside waitress, said of “Cop Killer.”
1992 October 1, Michael Granberry, “‘Killer’ Show: Ice-T Defiantly Performs Song—and Nothing Happens”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Apr 20215 more examples
In addition to Robinson’s performance, there was Chanel Edwards (13 points, seven rebounds, five steals), Hattie Sanders (11 points) and Roanna Yutig (eight points, eight rebounds).
1992 March 6, Martin Henderson, “Division IV Girls: Lincoln Wins Second Consecutive Division Championship”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2026“We told students, ‘We can help you solve little problems before they become big problems,’ ” Anacapa counselor Roanna Bostwick said. “And they are flocking in here.”
1994 February 20, Maia Davis, “Schools Try New Ways to Stop Violence […]”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2026[Frank] Sokevitz, 59, and his wife, Roanna, 57, are converting the red brick Neshannock Falls School, where Sokevitz attended first and second grades in the 1940s, into a home.
1998 December 27, Tara Bradley-Steck, “Man Returns to School, But Now It’s Home”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2026“Imagining O” — created by Mr. Schechner; his co-director, Benjamin Mosse; and the movement director Roanna Mitchell — spills out past the Kasser’s stage into its lobbies and onto its balconies and lawns.
2014 September 3, Alexis Soloski, “Still Dealing in Intimacy After All These Years”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2014Roanna Yimei Wang, a daughter of Li-Qiong Wang and Lai-Sheng Wang of Barrington, R.I., was married Sept. 17 to Nathan Lewis Bruschi, a son of Cathy Lewis Bruschi and Damian J. Bruschi of Clifton Park, N.Y.
2016 September 18, “Roanna Wang, Nathan Bruschi”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2016
Origin
Cite this entry
Roanna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roanna
“Roanna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roanna. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Roanna,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roanna.
Source: Roanna on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.