Rhodesia

English <dab> Etymology 1 From en Rhodes -ia place, after Cecil Rhodes, director of the British South Africa Company. Pronunciation en /ɹəʊˈdiːʃə/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rhodesia.wav Southern England en /ɹoʊˈdiːʒə/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-Rhodesia.wav General American Proper noun en Q217169en historical en former country r/Southern Africa in what is now Zimbabwe, originally called Southern Rhodesia, named after its founder, Cecil Rhodes. used from 1965 to 1979 en 2006 w:Tsitsi Dangarembga w:The Book of Not Faber & Faber Limited (2021) 158 If you did that in Rhodesia, you could be punished with many years in prison. en Bard Wilkinson Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/20/africa/swaziland-eswatini-africa-monarchy-intl 2018-04-20 After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana. https://web.archive.org/web/20251007025205/https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/20/africa/swaziland-eswatini-africa-monarchy-intl/ 7 October 2025 en historical en historical region r/Southern Africa the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia. used from 1895 to 1964 Derived terms en Rhodesiana North-Eastern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia North-Western Rhodesia Rhodesian Southern Rhodesia Translations Q217169 historical name of Zimbabwe Afrikaans: af Rhodesië Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 羅德西亞 Luódéxīyà, Luódéxīyǎ Danish: da Rhodesia n Dutch: nl Rhodesië n Finnish: fi Rhodesia French: fr Rhodésie f German: de Rhodesien n Hindi: hi रोडेशिया m Irish: ga an Róidéis f Italian: it Rhodesia f Japanese: ja ローデシア Rōdeshia Korean: ko ^로디지아 Lithuanian: lt Rodezija f Marathi: mr रोडेशिया Portuguese: pt Rodésia f Romanian: ro Rhodesia f Russian: ru Роде́зия f Rodɛ́zija Somali: so Rodesiya Spanish: es Rodesia f Swedish: sv Rhodesia n Telugu: te రొడీషియా the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia Danish: da Rhodesia Lithuanian: lt Rodezija f Marathi: mr रोडेशिया Russian: ru Роде́зия f Rodɛ́zija Spanish: es Rodesia f Swedish: sv Rhodesia Etymology 2 Named after G. Preston Rhodes, chairman of a colliery company. Proper noun en village/and/cpar in dist/Bassetlaw co/Nottinghamshire cc/England OS grid ref SK5680. Parish map (Nottinghamshire) References Anagrams en adehiors isohedra en eponyms en Zimbabwe Latin Proper noun Rhodesia<1> la New Latin en Rhodesia Declension Rhodesia<1> Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun f es Rodesia