An island in eastern North Carolina, east of Croatan Sound, inside the Outer Banks, site of the first English settlement in America—the “Lost Colony”—that was established in 1585 and had mysteriously disappeared by 1591.
Definition of Roanoke Island in US English:
Roanoke Island
proper noun
An island in eastern North Carolina, east of Croatan Sound, inside the Outer Banks, site of the first English settlement in America—the “Lost Colony”—that was established in 1585 and had mysteriously disappeared by 1591.