Associations to the word «Roanoke»

Wiktionary

ROANOKE, noun. (US) (historical) White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.

Dictionary definition

ROANOKE, noun. A city in southwestern Virginia.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats