Rhoda
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē, “woman from Rhodes”) or ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊ.də/, /ˈɹoʊ.ɾə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊ.də/
- Rhymes: -əʊdə
- Hyphenation: Rho‧da
- Homophones: rota, Rota (with flapping), rotor (non-rhotic accents with flapping)
Proper noun
Rhoda
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 12:13-14:
- And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
- 1970 Patrick White, The Vivisector, Viking Press, page 13:
- 'One little girl. Her name is Rhoda.'
- 'What? Roader?' The others all looked suspicious of a name nobody had ever heard.
- 'It's in the Bible,' he said.
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Anagrams
- Hoard, Rhoad, hadro-, hoard