Definition of Northern Rhodesia

1. Noun. A republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964.

Exact synonyms: Republic Of Zambia, Zambia
Generic synonyms: African Country, African Nation
Terms within: Capital Of Zambia, Lusaka, Victoria, Victoria Falls, Zambezi, Zambezi River
Group relationships: Africa
Member holonyms: Cewa, Chewa, Chichewa, Zambian
Derivative terms: Zambian

Definition of Northern Rhodesia

1. Proper noun. (historical) A former name of what is now Zambia, from 1911 to 1964. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Northern Rhodesia

Northern California
Northern Cross
Northern Cyprus
Northern Europe
Northern European
Northern Europeans
Northern Hemisphere
Northern Ireland
Northern Irelander
Northern Irish
Northern Irishman
Northern Lights
Northern Mariana Islander
Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Marianas
Northern Rhodesia (current term)
Northern Sami
Northern Sea Route
Northern Snakehead
Northern Spy
Northern State
Northern States
Northern Territory
Northern Thai
Northern Wakashan
Northern bedstraw
Northern blot
Northern blot analysis
Northern dewberry
Northern lobster

Literary usage of Northern Rhodesia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"It is divided into Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia by the Zambesi River. Area about 246000 sq. miles; population about 900000, of whom 12000 are ..."

2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"1962. the numbers of such children at school were as follows: Southern Rhodesia, 51.633 (186 schools); Northern Rhodesia, 18486 (72 schools); Nyasa- land, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The river Zambesi, which traverses it from west to east, divides it into the two portions called Southern and Northern Rhodesia. Southern Rhodesia (area ..."

4. The New Hazell Annual and Almanack (1917)
"... they were amalgamated under tho title of " Northern Rhodesia." The amalgamation took effect from Aug. 17,1911. SOUTHERN RHODESIA . ..."

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