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Lost Colony

American  
[lawst kol-uh-nee, lost] / ˈlɔst ˈkɒl ə ni, ˈlɒst /

noun

American History.

  1. a settlement of British colonists whom Walter Raleigh sent to Roanoke Island (now part of North Carolina) in 1587 and of whom no trace was found after 1591.

Etymology

Origin of Lost Colony

First recorded in 1800–05

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