English
Roanoke Island
Roanoke Island comes from Powhatan rawrenock ‘roanoke’.
- Powhatanmodernrawrenock‘roanoke’literally ‘things rubbed smooth by hand’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Roanoke Island
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Powhatanmodernrawrenock‘roanoke’literally ‘things rubbed smooth by hand’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Roanoke Island
Earliest quotation: 1987, Charles E. Cobb, North Carolina's Outer Banks: “Still country and stubborn," says Betty Etheridge (right) describing…”
Every English word from Powhatan rawrenock
Today it means
name An island of Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Powhatan rawrenock / Roanoke Island