Rhodes.
An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
Meaning & usage
An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.
Where this word comes from
From 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 ῥοιά (rhoiá, “pomegranate”).
A topographic surname for a person who lived near woodland clearings, or a habitational one for someone from a place so named.
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 number of places in the United States: A minor city in Marshall County, Iowa; named for Conway B. Rhodes.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bentley Township, Gladwin County, Michigan; named for Murry Bentley Rhodes.
A number of places in the United States: 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.
Where this word comes from
From 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.
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