Rhode Island

Rhode Island

English

Map of the US highlighting Rhode Island

Alternative forms

• Rhod-Island
• Rhod Island
• Rode-Island
• Rode Island

Etymology

Originally spelled Rode-Island. From unstandardized Early Modern Dutch Roode Eylant (“Red Island”), after a description of Aquidneck Island given by navigator Adriaen Block: een rodlich Eylande (Modern Dutch een roodlijk eiland).[1]

Modern spelling due to influence from Rhodes, as Giovanni da Verrazzano had once likened an isle somewhere about the Narragansett Bay to it, though the precise identity of the isle he was referring to remains unknown. The earliest spelling showing influence from this is Rhod-Island.[2]

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹoʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹəʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/

• Audio (Rhode Island)

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Proper noun

Rhode Island

1. The smallest state of the United States, formerly officially State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
2. The official name of Aquidneck Island.

Usage notes

• As the smallest state in the US, Rhode Island is often used as a comparison for area or size.
• The state of Rhode Island is not an island.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Rhode Island cheese
• Rhode Island currency
• Rhode Islander
• Rhode Island johnnycake
• Rhode Island money
• Rhode Island Red
• Rhode Island sloop
• RI

Translations

a state of the United States of America

Arabic: رُود آيْلَانْد‎ m (rūd ʾāyland) Bengali: রোড জিঞ্জিরা (roḍ jiñjira) Chinese: Mandarin: 羅德島／罗德岛 (Luódé-dǎo) Czech: Rhode Island (cs) m Danish: Rhode Island Esperanto: Rod-Insulo Finnish: Rhode Island (fi) Galician: Rhode Island (gl) Georgian: როდ აილენდი (rod ailendi) German: Rhode Island (de) Hindi: रोड आइलैंड (roḍ āilaiṇḍ), रोड आइलैण्ड (roḍ āilaiṇḍ) Italian: Rhode Island (it) m Japanese: ロードアイランド (Rōdo-Airando) Khmer: រ៉ូដអៃឡិន្ដ (routʼaylən) Korean: 로드아일랜드 (Rodeu-Aillaendeu) Macedonian: Род Ајленд f (Rod Ajlend) Malay: Pulau Rhode Navajo: Wóód Áalin hahoodzo Polish: Rhode Island (pl) m Portuguese: Rhode Island (pt) Russian: Род-А́йленд (ru) m (Rod-Ájlend) Spanish: Rhode Island (es) m Tamil: றோட் தீவு (ṟōṭ tīvu) Thai: โรดไอแลนด์ (róot-ai-lɛɛn) Turkish: Rhode Island Ukrainian: Род-А́йленд m (Rod-Ájlend) Yiddish: ראָד אײַלענד‎ (rod aylend), ראָד אײַלאַנד‎ (rod ayland)

See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)

States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming

Federal District: Washington, D.C.

Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

References

1. http://www.archive.org/stream/documentaryhisto02chap/documentaryhisto02chap_djvu.txt
2. “How Rhode Island Got Its Name”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 17 November 2010, archived from the original on 2010-11-17

Further reading

• Rhode Island on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Rhode Island.

Proper noun

Rhode Island (genitive Rhode Islands)

1. Rhode Island (a state of the United States)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Rhode Island.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrou̯dˌɑi̯lɑnd/, [ˈro̞u̯dˌɑi̯lɑnd]

Proper noun

Rhode Island

1. Rhode Island (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Rhode Island (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Rhode Island	—
genitive		Rhode Islandin	—
partitive		Rhode Islandia	—
illative		Rhode Islandiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Rhode Island	—
accusative	nom.	Rhode Island	—
	gen.	Rhode Islandin
genitive		Rhode Islandin	—
partitive		Rhode Islandia	—
inessive		Rhode Islandissa	—
elative		Rhode Islandista	—
illative		Rhode Islandiin	—
adessive		Rhode Islandilla	—
ablative		Rhode Islandilta	—
allative		Rhode Islandille	—
essive		Rhode Islandina	—
translative		Rhode Islandiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Rhode Islanditta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Rhode Island (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Rhode Islandini	Rhode Islandimme
2nd person	Rhode Islandisi	Rhode Islandinne
3rd person	Rhode Islandinsa

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Rhode Island.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈdaj.land/, /roˈdaj.lend/
• Rhymes: -ajland, -ajlend

Proper noun

Rhode Island m

1. Rhode Island (a state of the United States)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Rhode Island.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔwd ˈaj.lɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ajlɛnt

Proper noun

Rhode Island m inan (indeclinable)

1. Rhode Island (a state of the United States)

Further reading

• Rhode Island in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Rhode Island in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Rhode Island

1. Rhode Island (a state of the United States)

Usage notes

Rhode Island is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Rhode Island m

1. Rhode Island (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• rodislandés

See also

• Rhode Island on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es