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rhodes

/ɹˈoʊdz/noun1 syllable

Rhodes means: British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902).

Synonyms for rhodes4

noun, as in British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)

Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes

noun, as in a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes

Rodhos

What does rhodes mean?2

noun

1

British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)

2

a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes

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Rhodes in a sentence

  • The mellow sounds of the Rhodes piano are partly responsible for thousands of accidental conceptions.papabear
  • The empire still included the islands of Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes, Malta, and Sicily.mailohilohi

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