Meanings
Roanne1
- A commune in Loire department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Roanne2
alternative Roanna
- A female given name.
Miss Roanne Bockar, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Bockar, was married here today to Paul Katcher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Katcher of New York.
1966 December 12, “Miss Roanne Bockar Bride of Paul Katcher”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC1 more example
Judge Roanne Sragow of the District Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Cambridge was married yesterday to Richard A. Licht, a former Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island and a partner in the law firm of Licht & Semonoff in Providence, R.I.
1993 June 14, “Richard A. Licht, Roanne Sragow”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015
Origin
Roanne · proper noun
- FrenchRoanne
- EnglishRoanne
Unadapted borrowing from French Roanne.
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Roanne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roanne
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