roanoke UK /ˈɹəʊənəʊk/US /ˈɹoʊənoʊk/ noun1 •(US, historical) White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.Cuscarawaoke, where is made so much Rawranoke or white beads that occasion as much dissention among the savages, as gold and silver amongst Christians […] — 1624
Roanoke noun1 •Ellipsis of Roanoke Colony: a failed late 16th century English former colony on what is now the coast of North Carolina in the United States.
