Rhodes
WordNet
noun
(1) 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
(2) 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)
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Proper noun
Rhodes
- An island of the Dodecanese, Greece, in the Aegean Sea.
- A town on the island of Rhodes and the capital of the Dodecanese.
- A french town situated in Moselle department, Lorraine
- A Fender electric piano