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roanoke

n. (context US historical English) White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.

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Roanoke, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000): 6563
Housing Units (2000): 2792
Land area (2000): 18.808067 sq. miles (48.712667 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.278839 sq. miles (0.722189 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 19.086906 sq. miles (49.434856 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65040
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 33.148830 N, 85.369784 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Roanoke
Roanoke, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 1994
Housing Units (2000): 809
Land area (2000): 0.909664 sq. miles (2.356018 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.036616 sq. miles (0.094835 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.946280 sq. miles (2.450853 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64590
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.797421 N, 89.199784 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61561
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Roanoke
Roanoke, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 1495
Housing Units (2000): 630
Land area (2000): 0.622779 sq. miles (1.612991 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.622779 sq. miles (1.612991 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65016
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 40.964252 N, 85.374431 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 46783
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Roanoke, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 2810
Housing Units (2000): 1462
Land area (2000): 6.027365 sq. miles (15.610804 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.009792 sq. miles (0.025362 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.037157 sq. miles (15.636166 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62504
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.005002 N, 97.226282 W
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Roanoke, VA -- U.S. city in Virginia
Population (2000): 94911
Housing Units (2000): 45257
Land area (2000): 42.884467 sq. miles (111.070256 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.027784 sq. miles (0.071960 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 42.912251 sq. miles (111.142216 sq. km)
FIPS code: 68000
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 37.276895 N, 79.955711 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 24011 24012 24013 24014 24015 24016
24017
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Roanoke
Roanoke -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 85778
Housing Units (2000): 36121
Land area (2000): 250.865591 sq. miles (649.738871 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.178138 sq. miles (0.461376 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 251.043729 sq. miles (650.200247 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 37.250378 N, 80.000204 W
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Roanoke County
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Roanoke

Roanoke may refer to:

  • Roanoke tribe, Carolina Algonquian-speaking tribe in eastern North Carolina
  • Roanoke (ship), an American ship (1892-1905)
  • Roanoke Colony, a former English colony that mysteriously disappeared
  • Roanoke Island, location of the Roanoke colony in present-day North Carolina
  • Roanoke River, flowing through Virginia and North Carolina and emptying into Albemarle Sound near Roanoke Island
  • Roanoke Valley, a part of the Great Appalachian Valley near the headwaters of the Roanoke River in Virginia
  • Roanoke, Alabama
  • Roanoke, Virginia, the largest US city named Roanoke
  • Roanoke County, Virginia
  • Roanoke, North Carolina (see Roanoke Colony)
  • Roanoke, Illinois
  • Roanoke, Indiana
  • Roanoke, Missouri
  • Roanoke, Texas
  • Roanoke, West Virginia
  • Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
  • Randolph, Virginia, formerly called Roanoke

Usage examples of "roanoke".

She was still smarting over a remark she had overheard that morning down in the deli next to the Roanoke federal building.

She was the only female agent in the Roanoke office, so when the new guy started talking about the cute little redhead in the Violent Crimes Squad, she had naturally paid attention.

Edwin Kreiss waited in the doorway as the FBI car from the Roanoke office ground up the winding drive from the county road down below.

She had just gone to bed when the call came from the Roanoke duty officer to get over to Tech campus security.

At 2:30 that afternoon, the RA of the Roanoke office, Ted Farnsworth, called Janet into his office.

The Roanoke office was subordinate to the larger Richmond office, and, as such, its boss was not called special agent in charge, but, rather, Resident Agent.

Kellermann goes to her boss, who tells her that Roanoke has been told to put the Kreiss matter back in its box.

The homesteaders were FBI employees who had been in the Roanoke office for a long time, people who either had low-level technical jobs or were non-career-path special agents.

He could even plead with the Roanoke RA to keep his intrusion into the arsenal a secret from Washington.

Kreiss is going to actively search for his daughter now that Roanoke here is sending the case to MP?

So what had brought Bambi and Chief Red in the Face to beautiful downtown Roanoke, Virginia, if not something to do with him?

She had had time to go to her townhouse in Roanoke before coming over to Blacksburg, and she was wearing a light wool pantsuit over a plain dark blouse.

He gave her the phone codes that would forward any call she made to the FBI office in Roanoke directly to him wherever he was, twenty-four hours a day.

She thought about looking for the bug, then decided to take the vehicle directly back to the Roanoke office and let someone from the surveillance squad take a look.

Janet got back to the Roanoke federal building and drove her Bureau car into the security-lock parking area.