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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An independent city of southwest Virginia west-southwest of Richmond on the Roanoke River. Once known as Big Lick after a nearby salt lick, it was renamed with the coming of the railroad in 1881.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of shell-money formerly used by the Indians in New England and Virginia. See the quotation, and compare
peag .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in southwestern Virginia
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Examples
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ROANOKE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ILLINOIS May 22, 2009 The police chief of Roanoke is on paid administrative leave after being arrested Thursday night on a domestic violence charge.
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ROANOKE - The stepfather of a missing Roanoke toddler has been charged with felony child neglect.
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ROANOKE - A small plane carrying two people has crashed into the side of a UPS freight facility near the Roanoke airport in western Virginia.
Newsvine - Get Smarter Here Associated Press 2010
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ROANOKE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ILLINOIS May 22, 2009 The police chief of Roanoke is on paid administrative leave after being arrested Thursday night on a domestic violence charge.
WN.com - Articles related to Kentucky castle turned into popular luxury hotel 2010
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ROANOKE (AP) -- A Roanoke white supremacist faces up to 35 years in prison for making online threats to people at a Va.
WVEC Top Stories 2010
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ROANOKE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ILLINOIS May 22, 2009 The police chief of Roanoke is on paid administrative leave after being arrested Thursday night on a domestic violence charge.
WN.com - Articles related to Kentucky castle turned into popular luxury hotel 2010
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ROANOKE - Fire investigators blame improperly discarded smoking material for a fire that damaged a home in Roanoke on Friday afternoon.
News for WSLS 10 2010
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ROANOKE - The NTSB investigator in charge of the inquiry into Tuesday's deadly plane crash has left Roanoke.
News for WSLS 10 WSLS 10 2010
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ROANOKE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ILLINOIS May 22, 2009 The police chief of Roanoke is on paid administrative leave after being arrested Thursday night on a domestic violence charge.
WN.com - Articles related to Kentucky castle turned into popular luxury hotel 2010
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ROANOKE - The Augusta County Amberjax swim team sent 20 swimmers to Roanoke for the Southwest District Championship, and had their best meet of the year.
newsleader.com - 2010
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