Rhodesia

English

Etymology

Rhodes +‎ -ia, after Cecil Rhodes, director of the British South Africa Company.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈdiːʃə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈdiːʒə/

Proper noun

Rhodesia

(historical) A country that existed in what is now Zimbabwe, originally called Southern Rhodesia, named after its founder, Cecil Rhodes. [used from 1964 to 1979]
(historical) The area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia. [used from 1895 to 1964]

Derived terms

Derived terms

North-Eastern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia
North-Western Rhodesia

Translations

historical name of Zimbabwe

Afrikaans: Rhodesië (af)
Danish: Rhodesia
Dutch: Rhodesië (nl) n
Finnish: Rhodesia (fi)
French: Rhodésie (fr) f
German: Rhodesien (de) n
Irish: an Róidéis f

Italian: Rhodesia f
Portuguese: Rodésia f
Romanian: Rhodesia (ro) f
Russian: Роде́зия f (Rodɛ́zija)
Spanish: Rodesia (es) f
Telugu: రొడీషియా (roḍīṣiyā)

the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia

Danish: Rhodesia

Russian: Роде́зия f (Rodɛ́zija)

Latin

Proper noun

Rhodesia f (genitive Rhodesiae); first declension

(New Latin) Rhodesia

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Rhodesia
genitive	Rhodesiae
dative	Rhodesiae
accusative	Rhodesiam
ablative	Rhodesiā
vocative	Rhodesia

Spanish

Proper noun

Rhodesia f

Alternative form of Rodesia

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