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Roanoke Island

An island of northeast North Carolina off the Atlantic coast between Albemarle and Pamlico sounds. Colonists dispatched by Sir Walter Raleigh founded the first English settlement in North America in August 1585 but returned to England the following year. A second group of colonists organized by Raleigh landed on the island in July 1587 but vanished sometime before 1591.

Roanoke Island [ˈrəʊəˌnəʊk]

(Placename) an island off the coast of North Carolina: site of the first attempted English settlement in America. Length: 19 km (12 miles). Average width: 5 km (3 miles)

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Roanoke Island (redirected from Roanoke Island, North Carolina)

Roanoke Island
(redirected from Roanoke Island, North Carolina)