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Rhodes
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English
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Pronunciation
en /ɹəʊdz/ RP
en /ɹoʊdz/ GA,CA
en /ɹəʉdz/ AU
en /ɹɐʉdz/ NZ
en en-us-roads.ogg California
en oʊdz əʊdz 1
en roads
Etymology 1
From en fr Rhodes, from en la Rhodus, from en grc Ῥόδος, of uncertain etymology. Possibilities include a pre-Greek name (cf. phn 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤃, "snake"), grc ῥόδον rose, and grc ῥόα ῥοιά pomegranate.
Proper noun
~ es
en island arch/Dodecanese c/Greece in the sea/Aegean Sea.
en city on the island of isl/Rhodes c/Greece and the capital of the Dodecanese.
Derived terms
en rhodesite Rhodian Rhodiot Knight of Rhodes Colossus of Rhodes
Translations
island
Albanian: sq Rhodos
Arabic: ar رُودُس
Armenian: hy Հռոդոս
Basque: eu Rodas
Belarusian: be Родас
Bulgarian: bg Родос m
Catalan: ca Rodes m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 羅得島 Luódé Dǎo
Czech: cs Rhodos m
Danish: da Rhodos
Dutch: nl Rodos
Esperanto: eo Rodoso
Estonian: et Rhodos
Finnish: fi Rodos
French: fr Rhodes f
Middle French: frm Roddes
Galician: gl Rodas f
Georgian: ka როდოსი
German: de Rhodos
Greek: el Ρόδος f
Ancient Greek: grc Ῥόδος f
Hebrew: he רודוס rodos
Hindi: hi रोड्स
Hungarian: hu Rodosz
Irish: ga Ródas
Italian: it Rodi f
Japanese: ja ロードス島 Rōdosu-tō
Korean: ko 로도스 섬
Ladino: lad Rodes, lad Rodi
Latin: la Rhodus f, la Rhodos f
Latvian: lv Roda f
Lithuanian: lt Rodas m
Macedonian: mk Родос
Maltese: mt Rodì
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Rhodos
Nynorsk: nn Ródos
Persian: fa رودس
Polish: pl Rodos f
Portuguese: pt Rodes f
Romanian: ro Rodos
Russian: ru Ро́дос m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Родос m
Latin: sh Rodos m
Slovak: sk Rodos
Slovene: sl Rodos
Spanish: es Rodas m
Swedish: sv Rhodos
Turkish: tr Rodos
Ottoman Turkish: ota ردوس Rodos
Ukrainian: uk Родос m
Vietnamese: vi Rhodes
capital of the Dodecanese
Armenian: hy Հռոդոս
Finnish: fi Rodos
French: fr Rhodes
German: de Rhodos
Greek: el Ρόδος f
Hungarian: hu Rodosz
Italian: it Rodi f
Japanese: ja ロードス市 Rōdosu-shi
Latin: la Rhodus f, la Rhodos f
Portuguese: pt Rodes f
Russian: ru Ро́дос m
Spanish: es Rodas m
Turkish: tr Rodos
Ottoman Turkish: ota ردوس Rodos
Etymology 2
From enm rodes, the plural form of en enm rode, from en ang rod, ang rodu.
The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification—was created by analogy with the unrelated en Rhodes, Greece.
Proper noun
~ es
en topographic for a person who lived near woodland clearings, or a habitational one for someone from a place so named.
Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), English mining magnate and politician.
en rare en male surnames.
en village in northern p:suf/Eastern Cape c/South Africa ; named for Cecil Rhodes.
en number of places c/USA:
en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Clinton co/Vermillion County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Marshall County s/Iowa ; named for Conway B. Rhodes.
en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Bentley co/Gladwin County s/Michigan ; named for Murry Bentley Rhodes.
en CDP co/Flathead County s/Montana.
en village near town/Middleton bor/Rochdale co/Greater Manchester cc/England OS grid ref SD8505.
en small commune in dept/Moselle r/Lorraine r/Grand Est c/France.
en suburb city/Sydney in the City of Canada Bay, s/New South Wales c/Australia.
An electric piano which produces soft, harmonic-like sounds; a Rhodes piano; named for inventor Harold Rhodes.
Alternative forms
en Rhoades Rhoads Rodes Roades Royds Rhode
Derived terms
en Rhodesia
en Rhodes grass
References
Hanks Patrick Dictionary of American Family Names 2022 Oxford University press 9780190245115 second https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001/acref-9780190245115-e-62143?rskey=LelVYG&result=62161 5 March 2024
Hanks Patrick The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland 2016 Oxford University press 9780199677764 https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-34404?rskey=sf0NUh&result=34401 5 March 2024
Anagrams
en dehors dehors Rohdes hordes Sherod shoder shored reshod horsed
en Musical instruments Individuals
en exonyms
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
Rhodes island
Rhodes town
Anagrams
fr dehors
fr Islands Places in Greece
fr exonyms
Portuguese
Proper noun
pt Rodes