Rhode Island

English region Q1387 en Location of the state of Rhode Island in the United States Alternative forms en Rhod-Island en Rhod Island en Rode-Island en Rode Island Etymology Originally spelled Rode-Island. From unstandardized Early Modern en nl - nl Roode Eylant Red Island, after a description of Aquidneck Island given by navigator Adriaen Block: nl een rodlich Eylande (Modern en nl - nl een roodlijk eiland).http://www.archive.org/stream/documentaryhisto02chap/documentaryhisto02chap_djvu.txt Modern spelling due to influence from en Rhodes, as Giovanni da Verrazzano had once likened an isle somewhere about the Narragansett Bay to it, though the precise identity of the isle he was referring to remains unknown. The earliest spelling showing influence from this is Rhod-Island.How Rhode Island Got Its Name http://sos.ri.gov/library/history/name/ 17 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101117044409/http://sos.ri.gov/library/history/name/ 17 November 2010 Pronunciation en /ˌɹoʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/ GA en /ˌɹəʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/ RP en en-us-ri-Rhode Island.ogg Rhode Island en en-us-Rhode Island.ogg US Proper noun Rhode island en Q1387en The smallest <<state>> of the <<c/US>> State of Rhode Island. en New England en Angelique Brenes California bans declawing cats under new state law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom w:KTLA5 https://ktla.com/news/california/california-bans-declawing-cats-under-new-state-law-signed-by-gov-gavin-newsom/ 2025-10-09 California joins New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island in banning declawing statewide, according to the Los Angeles Times. Several California cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Burbank, Culver City, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood, had previously enacted local bans, with West Hollywood becoming the first jurisdiction in the nation to do so in 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20251012055401/https://ktla.com/news/california/california-bans-declawing-cats-under-new-state-law-signed-by-gov-gavin-newsom/ The official name of Aquidneck Island. Usage notes The official name of the state was State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations until 2020. As the geographically smallest state in the US, Rhode Island is often used as a comparison for area or size. The state of Rhode Island is not an island. Derived terms en Rhode Island dressing Rhode Island cheese Rhode Island currency Rhode Islander Rhode Island johnnycake Rhode Island money Rhode Island Red Rhode Island sauce Rhode Island sloop Rhode Island White RI Translations a state of the United States of America Arabic: ar رُود آيْلَانْد m rūd ʔāyland Bengali: bn রোড জিঞ্জিরা roḍ jiñjira Bulgarian: bg Род А́йлънд m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 羅德島 Luódé-dǎo Czech: cs Rhode Island m Danish: da Rhode Island Dutch: nl Rhode Island f Esperanto: eo Rod-Insulo Finnish: fi Rhode Island French: fr Rhode Island mf Galician: gl Rhode Island m Georgian: ka როდ-აილენდი German: de Rhode Island n Greek: el Ρόουντ Άιλαντ n Hindi: hi रोड आइलैंड, hi रोड आइलैण्ड Hungarian: hu Rhode Island Icelandic: is Rhode-ey f Irish: ga Oileán Rhode Italian: it Rhode Island m Japanese: ja ロードアイランド Rōdo-Airando Kazakh: kk Род-Айленд Khmer: km រ៉ូដអៃឡិន្ដ Korean: ko ^로드-^아일랜드 Lao: lo ໂຣດໄອແລນ Latin: la Rhodensis Insula f Macedonian: mk Род Ајленд f Malay: ms Pulau Rhode Navajo: nv Wóód Áalin hahoodzo Polish: pl Rhode Island m Portuguese: pt Rhode Island Romanian: ro Rhode Island Russian: ru Род-А́йленд m Slovak: sk Rhode Island m Spanish: es Rhode Island m Swedish: sv Rhode Island Tamil: ta றோட் தீவு Thai: th โรดไอแลนด์ Turkish: tr Rhode Island Ukrainian: uk Род-А́йленд m Yiddish: yi ראָד אײַלענד, yi ראָד אײַלאַנד See also References Further reading Danish da: Etymology Borrowed from da en Rhode Island. Proper noun da proper noun genitive Rhode Islands Rhode Island da Rhode Island Q1387 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi en Rhode Island. Pronunciation roud-ailand Proper noun Rhode Island fi Rhode Island Q1387 Declension sg Rhode Island a 0 Italian it: Etymology it en Rhode Island. Pronunciation rod.àiland,rod.àilend Proper noun m 1 it Rhode Island Q1387 Polish pl: Etymology pl :ubor en:Rhode Island + 1 Pronunciation rołd ajlend Proper noun m-in yes Rhode Island pl Rhode Island Q1387 Further reading Portuguese pt: thumb|right|Rhode Island Pronunciation rôud'áilandi^,rôude-ái(z)landi^ Proper noun f 1 pt Rhode Island Q1387 Usage notes Noun f #s 1 pt Rhode Island Red<qq:breed of chicken> See also Spanish es: Etymology es :ubor en:Rhode Island + 1 Proper noun m 1 es Rhode Island Q1387 Related terms es rodislandés See also es