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Definition of Rhodes

1. Noun. British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902).

2. Noun. A Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhodes

rhodamines rhodamine B rhodamins rhodammonium rhodanate rhodanese rhodanic rhodanic rhodanic acid rhodanile blue

rhodanine rhodanthe Rhodanthe manglesii rhodeoretin rhodeose Rhodes Rhodesia Rhodesian Rhodesian malignant theileriosis Rhodesian man

Rhodesian ridgeback Rhodesian trypanosomiasis Rhodes grass Rhodes scholar Rhode Island Rhode Islander Rhode Island bent Rhode Island red rhodic rhodic

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