Rhodes

English

Etymology

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 ῥοία (rhoía, pomegranate).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Homophone: roads

Proper noun

Rhodes

  1. A surname.
    Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), English imperialist
  2. An island of the Dodecanese, Greece, in the Aegean Sea.
  3. A city on the island of Rhodes and the capital of the Dodecanese.
  4. A French town situated in Moselle department, Lorraine
  5. An electric piano

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔd/

Proper noun

Rhodes

  1. Rhodes (island)
  2. Rhodes (town)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Rhodes f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Rodes
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