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Etymology 1

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

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Rhodesia

  1. (historical) A former country in Southern Africa, in what is now Zimbabwe, originally called Southern Rhodesia, named after its founder, Cecil Rhodes. [used from 1964 to 1980]
    • 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 158:
      If you did that in Rhodesia, you could be punished with many years in prison.
    • 2018 April 20, Bard Wilkinson, “Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’”, in CNN[1]:
      After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.
  2. (historical) A historical region of Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia. [used from 1895 to 1964]
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Etymology 2

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Named after G. Preston Rhodes, chairman of a colliery company.

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Rhodesia

  1. A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5680). [1]

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Proper noun

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Rhodesia f sg (genitive Rhodesiae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Rhodesia

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Rhodesia
genitive Rhodesiae
dative Rhodesiae
accusative Rhodesiam
ablative Rhodesiā
vocative Rhodesia

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /roˈdesja/ [roˈð̞e.sja]
  • Rhymes: -esja
  • Syllabification: Rho‧de‧sia

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Rhodesia f

  1. alternative form of Rodesia