One might use "Croatoan" to mean "mysterious" but it would depend on context. "Croatoan"doesn't have a standard dictionary definition.
"Croatoan" was the word carved into an abandoned fort where the Roanoke colony had been. The colony was formed in 1587 and abandoned mysteriously sometime before August 1590. No one really knows what happened to them. There was a local tribe of native Americans called the "Croatans" (only one "O") so one theory is that the colonists were absorbed by that tribe.
this my guess i think that maybe they went to the croatoan island because it is an isalnd or maybe sickness and dieseases caused them to die.
The word "CROATOAN" was carved into a tree at Roanoke, which is now known as the "Lost Colony" due to the mysterious disappearance of its inhabitants.
the word Croatoan
The only clue left at Roanoke was the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree.
John White believed that the Roanoke settlers had moved to Croatoan Island. This belief was based on a carving of the word "Croatoan" found on a tree and the absence of a cross, which was meant to indicate a dire situation.
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The word element that means "to think" is "cogno-" or "cogni-." It is derived from the Latin word "cognoscere," which means "to get to know."
i believe croatoan is a disease that caused the disappearance of roanoke
Nobody was there, and the word CROATOAN was on a doorpost
The carving in Roanoke was "CROATOAN," found on a post. This word was believed to be a clue left behind by the colony's inhabitants when they disappeared, possibly indicating they moved to Croatoan Island.