Rhodesia

Rhodesia

English

Etymology 1

Rhodes +‎ -ia, after Cecil Rhodes, director of the British South Africa Company.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈdiːʃə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈdiːʒə/

Proper noun

Rhodesia

1. (historical) A former country in Southern Africa, in what is now Zimbabwe, originally called Southern Rhodesia, named after its founder, Cecil Rhodes. [used from 1964 to 1979]
2. (historical) A historical region in Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia. [used from 1895 to 1964]

Derived terms

Derived terms

• North-Eastern Rhodesia
• Northern Rhodesia
• North-Western Rhodesia
• Rhodesian
• Southern Rhodesia

Translations

historical name of Zimbabwe

Afrikaans: Rhodesië (af) Chinese: Mandarin: 羅德西亞／罗德西亚 (Luódéxīyà, Luódéxīyǎ) Danish: Rhodesia Dutch: Rhodesië (nl) n Finnish: Rhodesia (fi) French: Rhodésie (fr) f German: Rhodesien (de) n Irish: an Róidéis f Italian: Rhodesia f Japanese: ローデシア (rōdesia) Korean: 로디지아 (rodijia) Portuguese: Rodésia f Romanian: Rhodesia (ro) f Russian: Роде́зия (ru) f (Rodɛ́zija) Spanish: Rodesia (es) f Swedish: Rhodesia Telugu: రొడీషియా (roḍīṣiyā)

the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia

Danish: Rhodesia Russian: Роде́зия (ru) f (Rodɛ́zija) Spanish: Rodesia (es) f Swedish: Rhodesia

Etymology 2

Named after G. Preston Rhodes, chairman of a colliery company.

Proper noun

Rhodesia

1. A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5680).

Anagrams

• isohedra

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Latin

Proper noun

Rhodesia f sg (genitive Rhodesiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Rhodesia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rhodesia
Genitive	Rhodesiae
Dative	Rhodesiae
Accusative	Rhodesiam
Ablative	Rhodesiā
Vocative	Rhodesia

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Spanish

Proper noun

Rhodesia f

1. Alternative form of Rodesia