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
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: roads
Proper noun
Rhodes
- A surname.
- Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), English imperialist
- An island of the Dodecanese, Greece, in the Aegean Sea.
- A city on the island of Rhodes and the capital of the Dodecanese.
- A French town situated in Moselle department, Lorraine
- An electric piano
Derived terms
Translations
island
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capital of the Dodecanese
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔd/
Portuguese
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