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ROANOKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Roanoke mean?
• ROANOKE (noun)
The noun ROANOKE has 1 sense:
1. a city in southwestern Virginia
Familiarity information: ROANOKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in southwestern Virginia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Roanoke" is a part of...):
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
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