Rhodesia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈdiːʃə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈdiːʒə/

Proper noun

Rhodesia

2. (historical) A country that existed in what is now Zimbabwe, originally called Southern Rhodesia, named after its founder, Cecil Rhodes. [used from 1964 to 1979]
3. (historical) 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)
• Danish: Rhodesia
• Dutch: Rhodesië (nl) n
• Finnish: Rhodesia (fi)
• French: Rhodésie (fr) f
• German: Rhodesien (de) n
• Irish: an Róidéis f

• Italian: Rhodesia f
• Portuguese: Rodésia f
• Romanian: Rhodesia (ro) f
• Russian: Роде́зия (ru) f (Rodɛ́zija)
• Spanish: Rodesia (es) f
• Telugu: రొడీషియా (roḍīṣiyā)

the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia

• Danish: Rhodesia

• Russian: Роде́зия (ru) f (Rodɛ́zija)

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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