Rhodes
English
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹoʊdz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹəʊdz/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -oʊdz, -əʊdz
- Homophone: roads
Etymology 1
editFrom 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 ῥοία (rhoía, “pomegranate”).
Proper noun
editRhodes (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodeses)
- An island in the Dodecanese, Greece, in the Aegean Sea.
- A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editisland
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capital of the Dodecanese
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Etymology 2
editFrom 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.
Proper noun
editRhodes (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodeses)
- 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.
- (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A village in northern Eastern Cape province, South Africa; named for Cecil Rhodes
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Marshall County, Iowa; named for Conway B. Rhodes.
- An unincorporated community in Bentley Township, Gladwin County, Michigan; named for Murry Bentley Rhodes.
- A census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana.
- A village near Middleton, Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8505).
- A small commune in Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
- A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
- An electric piano which produces soft, harmonic-like sounds; a Rhodes piano; named for inventor Harold Rhodes.
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- Hanks, Patrick (2022) Dictionary of American Family Names[1], second edition, Oxford University press, →ISBN, retrieved 5 March 2024
- Hanks, Patrick (2016) The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland[2], Oxford University press, →ISBN, retrieved 5 March 2024
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editRhodes f
- Rhodes (island)
- Rhodes (town)
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editProper noun
editRhodes
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