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Lost Colony
[ lawst kol-uh-nee, lost ]
noun
, American History.
- a settlement of British colonists whom Walter Raleigh sent to Roanoke Island (now part of North Carolina) in 1587 and of whom no trace was found after 1591.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Lost Colony1
First recorded in 1800–05
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Example Sentences
Thus, the "Lost Colony" remains an historical mystery which has never been solved.
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Thus ended the effort to find the lost colony; they were never heard of.
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It is the mystery of the lost colony, however, which ought to be opened by some competent hand.
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Raleigh sent out other expeditions in search of the lost colony, but without success.
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Was this a descendant of Ellinor Dare, or some other of the lost colony?
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