Roanoke Island

American  

noun

1. an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.

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Roanoke Island British  

/ ˈrəʊəˌnəʊk /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island said in a statement that euthanasia was the best course of action because rehabilitation for many large whale species is difficult or impossible.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023

In this engraving from a nineteenth-century history of the United States, John White discovers the single word Croatoan carved in a tree on Roanoke Island in 1590.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

This did not please the Roanoke Island Indians because of their relationships with the earlier colonists.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Instead of settling on Roanoke Island, the plan was to set up a colony farther north on Chesapeake Bay.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Early in 1862, a naval expedition of the enemy, under the command of Commodore Goldsborough, entered Pamlico Sound, and captured Roanoke Island.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael