roanoke
/ˈɹoʊənoʊk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.
American usage; Uncountable
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Example Sentences
- "Cuscarawaoke, where is made so much Rawranoke or white beads that occasion as much dissention among the savages, as gold and silver amongst Christians […]"
- "Pohatan, King of Virgiania's habit all embroidered with shells, or Roanoke (p. 47); Virginian purses imbroidered with Roanoake (p. 51)"
- "The king of Machepungo was ordered to deliver over twice as much roanoke in graduated payments over the course of eight months."
- "These first English migrants to Jamestown endured terrible disease and arrived during a period of drought and colder-than-normal winters. The migrants to Roanoke on the outer banks of Carolina, where the English had gone in the 1580s, disappeared. And a brief effort to settle the coast of Maine in 1607 and 1608 failed because of an unusually bitter winter."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹoʊənoʊk/
- British English: /ˈɹəʊənəʊk/
Usage
- American usage
- Uncountable