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roanoke

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Ro⋅a⋅noke

  [roh-uh-nohk]
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–noun
1. a city in SW Virginia. 100,427.
2. a river flowing SE from western Virginia to Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. 380 mi. (610 km) long.
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Ro·a·noke   (rō'ə-nōk')   
An independent city of southwest Virginia west-southwest of Richmond. It grew with the coming of the railroad in 1882 and is today a tourist and industrial center. Population: 91,600.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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