Roanne

R1O1A1N1N1E1

proper noun

A commune in Loire department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

UncommonScrabble 6

Meanings

Roanne1

proper noun

Roanne2

proper noun

alternative Roanna

  1. 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, →OCLC
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    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

  1. FrenchRoanne
  2. EnglishRoanne

Unadapted borrowing from French Roanne.

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Roanne · proper noun

Blend of Rose + Anne. Compare Joanne and Rosanne (possibly also inspired by Roxanne).

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APA

Roanne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roanne

MLA

“Roanne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roanne. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Roanne,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roanne.

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