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Roanoke Colony
The Roanoke Colony (Lost Colony) was England's 1587 settlement of 118 people on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, found abandoned in 1590 with CROATOAN carved on a post; leading theories say the colonists relocated and assimilated with Croatoan and other Native communities.
Roanoke Island
Roanoke Island: island in Dare County, North Carolina, between Roanoke and Croatan Sounds, not a barrier island; site of the 1585 and 1587 English colonies including the Lost Colony, home to Manteo and Wanchese.
Roanoke River
Roanoke River: roughly 400-mile Virginia-North Carolina river, also called Moratoc, flowing from the Blue Ridge to Albemarle Sound, dammed by Kerr, Gaston, Roanoke Rapids, and Smith Mountain projects.
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia: independent city in the Blue Ridge valley, formerly Big Lick, renamed 1882 as a Norfolk and Western railroad hub; 2020 population 100,011; Star City of the South, healthcare and biotech center.
Roar (2022 TV series)
Roar (2022 TV series): Apple TV+ anthology adapting Cecelia Ahern's 2018 short story collection, created by GLOW's Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch; eight feminist fables starring Nicole Kidman, premiered April 15, 2022, one season, ended.
Roar (film)
Roar (1981) is Noel Marshall's adventure film starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and 150+ untrained big cats; an 11-year, $17 million production with 70+ crew injuries that grossed about $110,000.
Roar (song)
"Roar" is Katy Perry's 2013 empowerment single and lead track from Prism, written with Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, and Cirkut. It hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, sold over 8 million copies, drew "Brave"-plagiarism claims, and earned two Grammy nominations.
ROAR 3 trial
ROAR 3 (NCT07476430), Readiness Outcomes Affecting Return to Sport 3.0, is a Boston Children's Hospital randomized trial of mental skills training in 130 athletes aged 8-25 after ACL reconstruction, with ACSI-28 coping skills as the primary outcome.
ROAR-MS trial
ROAR-MS (NCT05983809) is a randomized crossover pilot trial at Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS testing Hunova robotic balance rehabilitation, 4 weeks, 3 sessions weekly, in 24 MS patients aged 18-65 with EDSS 2-3, primary outcome Berg Balance Scale, completion May 2026.
Roar, China!
Roar, China! (怒吼吧，中国！) is a 1935 black-and-white woodcut by the Chinese artist Li Hua, depicting a bound, blindfolded man straining toward a dagger as a symbol of national awakening.
Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans
Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans, also called Roar, is a 2014 Hindi action-adventure film, Kamal Sadanah's directorial debut, produced by Abis Rizvi, about a commando team hunting a CGI-whitened tigress in the Sundarbans after it kills a photojournalist; over 800 VFX shots, negative reviews.
Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral (명량: 회오리 바다를 향하여)
Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral (명량: 회오리 바다를 향하여) is a 2015 South Korean documentary by Kim Han-min and Jung Se-kyo, a prequel to The Admiral: Roaring Currents, retracing Yi Sun-sin's 16-day naval-reconstruction route before the 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang.
Roaring Forties
The Roaring Forties are the latitudes between 40° and 50° south, where strong, steady westerly winds blow over the nearly landless Southern Ocean, powering eastbound sailing routes.
Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties: the 1920s decade of US economic boom, mass consumerism, Prohibition, jazz, flappers, and the Harlem Renaissance, ending with 1928 peak inequality and the 1929 crash.
Roark Capital Group
Roark Capital Group, also known as Roark Capital, is an Atlanta-based private equity firm founded in 2001 that specializes in buying franchise and restaurant brands, including Subway, Dunkin', and Arby's.
Roast (comedy)
Roast (comedy): a consensual insult-tribute format from the New York Friars Club, popularized by Dean Martin and Comedy Central roasts, now a Netflix live-event staple (Tom Brady, Kevin Hart), with RoastMe and roast battle variants.
Roast chicken
Roast chicken: a whole chicken cooked by dry heat in an oven, over fire, or on a spit. Key facts: USDA safe internal temperature 165 °F, spatchcocking for even cooking, dry brining, and the British Sunday roast tradition.
Roast! (吐槽大会)
Roast! (吐槽大会) is a Chinese celebrity roast show on Tencent Video from Xiaoguo Culture, hosted by Zhang Shaogang with planner Li Dan, modeled on Comedy Central Roast, running five seasons from 2017 with declining Douban ratings.
Roasting
Roasting is a dry-heat cooking method, using hot air in an oven or open flame at 150 °C or higher, applied to meats, vegetables, coffee, and nuts.
Roatán
Roatán is the largest of Honduras's Bay Islands, about 65 km offshore between Útila and Guanaja, on the Mesoamerican Reef. Known for diving, cruise tourism (1.27 million cruise passengers in 2018), English-Spanish bilingual culture, and recent coral loss from the 2023–2025 bleaching event.
Rob & Big
Rob & Big, American MTV reality comedy series (2006-2008, 32 episodes) starring skateboarder Rob Dyrdek and his bodyguard Christopher "Big Black" Boykin, produced by Dickhouse, Dyrdek's first MTV series.
Rob & Chyna
Rob & Chyna was a 2016 E! reality series, a Keeping Up with the Kardashians spin-off following Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna's engagement and pregnancy; one season, canceled, later central to Chyna's 2022 lawsuit.
Rob A. Rutenbar
Rob A. Rutenbar is an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur known for analog chip-design automation and, since 2017, research leadership at the University of Pittsburgh.
Rob Ameloot
Rob Ameloot (born 1985) is a materials chemist and professor at KU Leuven, known for chemical vapor deposition of metal–organic framework thin films for microelectronics.
Rob Anderson
Rob Anderson (@heartthrobanderson) is a NYC comedian and NYT-bestselling author behind the viral Gay Science TikTok series and the '90s-media recap show Are You Afraid of the '90s?; distinct from the UK health researcher and the barrister Robert Anderson KC.
Rob Aurich
Rob Aurich is an American college football coach, defensive coordinator of the Nebraska Cornhuskers since 2026. Former San Diego State, Idaho, South Dakota, and Bemidji State coordinator; 2025 Broyles Award nominee; former Minnesota Duluth linebacker.
Rob Beckett
Rob Beckett (born 1986) is an English stand-up comedian and presenter from south London, host of Parenting Hell with Josh Widdicombe, Rob & Romesh Vs with Romesh Ranganathan, 8 Out of 10 Cats captain, and voice of Celebs Go Dating.
Rob Beenders
Rob Beenders is a Belgian politician of the party Vooruit who serves as a federal minister for consumer protection, social fraud, disabilities, and equal opportunities.
Rob Bell
Rob Bell, born Robert Holmes Bell Jr., is an American author and former pastor who founded Mars Hill Bible Church and wrote the 2011 bestseller Love Wins.
Rob Benedict
Rob Benedict (Robert Patrick Benedict, born 1970) is an American actor known for Felicity, Threshold, Head Case, Chuck Shurley/God on Supernatural, and The Boys; also front man of the band Louden Swain.