What does "rhodes" mean?
An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
Rhodes
/ɹəʊdz/ name
name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
- Grammar: rhodes is listed as name.
- Nearest alternatives: award, family name, geographical feature, grant.
- Useful contrasts: continent, disqualification, forename.
- Usage evidence: The mellow sounds of the Rhodes piano are partly responsible for thousands of accidental conceptions.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea. countable, uncountable
- 2 A topographic surname for a person who lived near woodland clearings, or a habitational one for someone from a place so named. countable, uncountable
"Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), English mining magnate and politician."
- 3 A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese. countable, uncountable
- 4 A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, rare, uncountable
- 5 A village in northern Eastern Cape province, South Africa; named for Cecil Rhodes. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Marshall County, Iowa; named for Conway B. Rhodes. countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bentley Township, Gladwin County, Michigan; named for Murry Bentley Rhodes. countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana. countable, uncountable
- 10 A village near Middleton, Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8505). countable, uncountable
- 11 A small commune in Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France. countable, uncountable
- 12 A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 13 An electric piano which produces soft, harmonic-like sounds; a Rhodes piano; named for inventor Harold Rhodes. countable, uncountable
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Example
"The mellow sounds of the Rhodes piano are partly responsible for thousands of accidental conceptions."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "rhodes"?
Common synonyms include: award, family name, geographical feature, grant, island, landmass.
How do you use "rhodes" in a sentence?
The mellow sounds of the Rhodes piano are partly responsible for thousands of accidental conceptions.
How do you pronounce "rhodes"?
Pronounced /ɹəʊdz/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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 ῥοιά (rhoiá, “pomegranate”).
Etymology 2
From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu. The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification—was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.