Rhode Island
EnglishEdit
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Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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]
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹoʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɹəʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/
Audio (Rhode Island) (file) Audio (US) (file)
Proper nounEdit
- The smallest state of the United States, formerly officially State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- The official name of Aquidneck Island.
Usage notesEdit
- 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 termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
a state of the United States of America
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See alsoEdit
| 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 |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/documentaryhisto02chap/documentaryhisto02chap_djvu.txt
- ^ “How Rhode Island Got Its Name”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 17 November 2010, archived from the original on 2010-11-17
Further readingEdit
Rhode Island on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Rhode Island.
Proper nounEdit
Rhode Island (genitive Rhode Islands)
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English Rhode Island.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
DeclensionEdit
| 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 | |
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English Rhode Island.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Rhode Island m
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Rhode Island.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Rhode Island m inan (indeclinable)
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Further readingEdit
- Rhode Island in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Rhode Island in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
Proper nounEdit
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Usage notesEdit
Rhode Island is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
SpanishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Rhode Island m
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- Rhode Island on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es