roanoke

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  White beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.
 * 2) * 1656, John Tradescant, Musaeum Tradescantianum, pages 47 and 51, different spelling as printed:
 * Pohatan, King of Virgiania's habit all embroidered with shells, or Roanoke (p. 47); Virginian purses imbroidered with Roanoake (p. 51)
 * Pohatan, King of Virgiania's habit all embroidered with shells, or Roanoke (p. 47); Virginian purses imbroidered with Roanoake (p. 51)