Roan

Roan

"Roan" may refer to:a roan is a valley that curves upward.
*Battle of Roan's Tan Yard, an action during the American Civil War
*John Roan school, a comprehensive secondary school in Blackheath, South-East London
**Old Roan F.C., a football club based at the John Roan School Playing Fields
*Roan (color), a type of coat color in horses, and occasionally, dogs
**Varnish roan, a horse coat color similar to roan
*Roan Antelope, an African savanna antelope
*Roan Fel, a fictional character in the Star Wars expanded universe
*Roan Lands, a character from Star Wars
*The Secret of Roan Inish, an independent film directed by John Sayles, released widely in 1994
*USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) (1946-1973), a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy
*"Strawberry Roan", a song about a horse of that color, by Marty Robbins

People

*Charles H. Roan (1923-1944), United States Marine who sacrificed his life during World War II, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

Places

*Old Roan railway station, a railway station in Aintree village, Merseyside, England
*Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands), a mountain on the Tennessee-North Carolina border
*Roan Cliffs, disambiguation
*Roan Creek, rises on the Tennessee and North Carolina border, in Johnson County, Tennessee
*Roan Mountain, Tennessee, a census-designated place (CDP) in Carter County, Tennessee, United States
*Roan Mountain State Park, located in East Tennessee along the Tennessee-North Carolina border
*Roan, Norway, a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag
*Roan, a character in Grandia II


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  • Roan — Roan, n. 1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color. [1913 Webster] 2. A roan horse. [1913 Webster] 3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Roan — (r[=o]n), a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.] 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; said of a horse. [1913 Webster] Give my roan a drench. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Made of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • roan — roan1 [rōn] adj. [OFr < OSp roano < L ravidus, grayish < ravus, grayish yellow, tawny] of a solid color, as reddish brown, brown, or black, with a thick sprinkling of white hairs: said chiefly of horses n. 1. a roan color 2. a roan horse …   English World dictionary

  • Roan —    ROAN, an island, in the parish of Tongue, county of Sutherland; containing 42 inhabitants.    See Ealan Na Roan, and Tongue …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • roan — [rəun US roun] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: Old Spanish roano] a horse with some white hairs, giving it a light colour >roan adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • roan — 1520s, from M.Fr. roan reddish brown, perhaps from Sp. roano, from O.Sp. raudano, probably from a Germanic source (Cf. Gothic raudan, accusative of rauðs red ) …   Etymology dictionary

  • roan — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a horse or cow) having a bay, chestnut, or black coat thickly interspersed with hairs of another colour, typically white. ► NOUN ▪ a roan animal. ORIGIN Old French …   English terms dictionary

  • roan — [ roun ] noun count a horse that is black or brown with some white hairs …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rōan — *rōan germ., stark. Verb: nhd. rudern; ne. row (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: an., ae., mnd., mhd.; Etymologie: s. ing. *erə (1), *rē …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • roan — ROAN, voyez Rouen …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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