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The name Roanoke is a boy's name of Native American, Algonquin origin meaning "shell money".

The name of a river, an island, a valley, and a variety of other places throughout the US, Roanoke was also the name of a Algonquian-speaking people of North Carolina. Taken from the Algonquian word <em>rawrenock</em>, it means "shell money, beads made of white shell".
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A bold place name, it could be an unexpected route to Ro, Roan, Oaks, or Rocky. 


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