Northern Rhodesia

English

Etymology

Named after British colonizer Cecil Rhodes.

Proper noun

Northern Rhodesia

2. (historical) A former protectorate of the United Kingdom, existing from 1911 to 1964, now called Zambia.

Related terms

• North-Eastern Rhodesia
• North-Western Rhodesia
• Rhodesia
• Southern Rhodesia

Translations

former name of what is now Zambia

• Danish: Nordrhodesia
• Dutch: Noord-Rhodesië n
• French: Rhodésie du Nord (fr) f
• Portuguese: Rodésia do Norte f
• Spanish: Rodesia del Norte (es)