Rhodes

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An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.

proper noun

1
An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
2
A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.

Etymology

From French Rhodes, from Latin Rhodus, from Ancient Greek Ῥόδος (Rhódos), of uncertain etymology. Possibilities include a pre-Greek name (cf. Phoenician 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤃 (hrʿd), "snake"), ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), and ῥοιά (rhoiá, “pomegranate”).

proper noun

1
A topographic surname for a person who lived near woodland clearings, or a habitational one for someone from a place so named.
Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), English mining magnate and politician.
2
rareA male given name transferred from the surname.
3
A village in northern Eastern Cape province, South Africa; named for Cecil Rhodes.
4
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
5
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Marshall County, Iowa; named for Conway B. Rhodes.
6
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bentley Township, Gladwin County, Michigan; named for Murry Bentley Rhodes.
7
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana.
8
A village near Middleton, Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8505).
9
A small commune in Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
10
A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
11
An electric piano which produces soft, harmonic-like sounds; a Rhodes piano; named for inventor Harold Rhodes.

Etymology

From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu. The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification—was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

Forms

plural: Rhodeses

rhino · A rhinoceros.Rhoda · A female given name from Ancient Greek.Rhode · for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or…

Rhodes · An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.

Rhonda · A female given name from Welsh.rhyme · Rhyming verse (poetic form).Rhys · A male given name from Welsh.

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