Southern Rhodesia

English

Etymology

Named after British colonizer Cecil Rhodes.

Proper noun

Southern Rhodesia

2. (historical) A former colony of the United Kingdom; a name used to refer to the area now called Zimbabwe, officially introduced in 1901. A self-governing colony of Britain from 1923, its government began to refer to itself simply as Rhodesia in 1964, when Northern Rhodesia became Zambia. The name Zimbabwe was adopted in 1980.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• North-Eastern Rhodesia
• Northern Rhodesia
• North-Western Rhodesia
• Rhodesia

Translations

former name of what is now Zimbabwe

• Belarusian: Паўднёвая Радэ́зія f (Paŭdnjóvaja Radézija)
• Bulgarian: Ю́жна Роде́зия f (Júžna Rodézija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南羅得西亞／南罗得西亚 (zh) (Nán Luódéxīyà)

• Czech: Jižní Rhodesie f
• Danish: Sydrhodesia
• Dutch: Zuid-Rhodesië n
• French: Rhodésie du Sud (fr) f
• German: Südrhodesien (de) n
• Japanese: 南ローデシア (みなみローデシア, Minami Rōdeshia)
• Korean: 남로디지아 (Namnodijia)
• Polish: Rodezja Południowa f
• Portuguese: Rodésia do Sul f
• Russian: Ю́жная Роде́зия f (Júžnaja Rodɛ́zija)
• Slovak: Južná Rodézia f
• Spanish: Rodesia del Sur (es) f
• Ukrainian: Півде́нна Роде́зія f (Pivdénna Rodézija)