Rhodesia
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Rhodes + -ia, after Cecil Rhodes, director of the British South Africa Company.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Rhodesia
- (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.
- (historical) A historical region in Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia. [used from 1895 to 1964]
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Derived terms
Translations edit
historical name of Zimbabwe
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the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia
Etymology 2 edit
Named after G. Preston Rhodes, chairman of a colliery company.
Proper noun edit
Rhodesia
- A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5680).
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Latin edit
Proper noun edit
Rhodesia f sg (genitive Rhodesiae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Rhodesia |
Genitive | Rhodesiae |
Dative | Rhodesiae |
Accusative | Rhodesiam |
Ablative | Rhodesiā |
Vocative | Rhodesia |
Spanish edit
Proper noun edit
Rhodesia f
- Alternative form of Rodesia