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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.
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
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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