Dictionary

Rhode Island en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɹoʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/ (General-American)
• audio Rhode Island
• (US) audio
• /ˌɹəʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Originally spelled Rode-Island. From unstandardized Early Modern Dutch Roode Eylant (“Red Island”), after a description of Aquidneck Island given by navigator Adriaen Block: een rodlich Eylande (Modern Dutch een roodlijk eiland). Modern spelling due to influence from Rhodes, as Giovanni da Verrazzano had once likened an isle somewhere about the Narragansett Bay to it, though the precise identity of the isle he was referring to remains unknown. The earliest spelling showing influence from this is Rhod-Island.

Meanings

1. The smallest state of the United States. Official name: State of Rhode Island.
   • California joins New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island in banning declawing statewide, according to the Los Angeles Times. Several California cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Burbank, Culver City, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood, had previously enacted local bans, with West Hollywood becoming the first jurisdiction in the nation to do so in 2003. 2025 October 9, Angelique Brenes, “California bans declawing cats under new state law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom”, in KTLA5, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2025:
2. The official name of Aquidneck Island.

Forms

Deriveds

Rhode Island White · RI · Rhode Island sauce · Rhode Island currency · Rhode Island cheese · Rhode Island johnnycake · Rhode Island money · Rhode Island sloop · Rhode Island Red · Rhode Island dressing · Rhode Islander

Holonyms

New England

Translations (42)

ko 로드아일랜드 (a state of the United States of America) · fr Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · yi ראָד אײַלאַנד (a state of the United States of America) · hu Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · bn রোড জিঞ্জিরা (a state of the United States of America) · pt Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · gl Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · tr Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · th โรดไอแลนด์ (a state of the United States of America) · it Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · nl Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · cs Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · pl Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · bg Род А́йлънд (a state of the United States of America) · hi रोड आइलैण्ड (a state of the United States of America) · da Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · nv Wóód Áalin hahoodzo (a state of the United States of America) · yi ראָד אײַלענד (a state of the United States of America) · fi Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · kk Род-Айленд (a state of the United States of America) · el Ρόουντ Άιλαντ (a state of the United States of America) · mk Род Ајленд (a state of the United States of America) · ms Pulau Rhode (a state of the United States of America) · la Rhodensis Insula (a state of the United States of America) · ro Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · ar رُود آيْلَانْد (a state of the United States of America) · de Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · ru Род-А́йленд (a state of the United States of America) · ja ロードアイランド (a state of the United States of America) · ka როდ-აილენდი (a state of the United States of America) · eo Rod-Insulo (a state of the United States of America) · es Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · ta றோட் தீவு (a state of the United States of America) · is Rhode-ey (a state of the United States of America) · sv Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America) · cmn 羅德島 /罗德岛 (a state of the United States of America) · lo ໂຣດໄອແລນ (a state of the United States of America) · uk Род-А́йленд (a state of the United States of America) · km រ៉ូដអៃឡិន្ដ (a state of the United States of America) · ga Oileán Rhode (a state of the United States of America) · hi रोड आइलैंड (a state of the United States of America) · sk Rhode Island (a state of the United States of America)

wikipedia: Giovanni da Verrazzano · wikipedia: Narragansett Bay · wikipedia: Aquidneck Island · wikipedia: Adriaen Block