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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca