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Definition of Rodhos
1. 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.
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic, Dhodhekanisos, Dodecanese
Generic synonyms: Aegean Island
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rodhos
Literary usage of Rodhos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call by Larry H. Ludmer (2007)
"The One-Day Sightseeing Tour: Let's first take a look at the wonders of Rhodes
City or rodhos. Walking inside the walls of Rhodes is like taking a journey ..."
2. Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah by Franz Delitzsch, Samuel Rolles Driver (1892)
"... DID rODHOS (cf. the reference to Sodom and Gomorrah in ver. 10 ff.). Add also
xxxvi. 7, according to which Hezekiah abolished the high places, ..."
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