Rhodesia en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Rhodes + -ia, after Cecil Rhodes, director of the British South Africa Company.
Meanings
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(historical) A former country in Southern Africa, in what is now Zimbabwe, originally called Southern Rhodesia, named after its founder, Cecil Rhodes.
After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.
2018 April 20, Bard Wilkinson, “Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’”, in CNN:If you did that in Rhodesia, you could be punished with many years in prison.
2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 158:
- (historical) A historical region of Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Deriveds
Rhodesian · North-Western Rhodesia · Northern Rhodesia · Rhodesiana · Southern Rhodesia · North-Eastern Rhodesia
Translations (27)
es Rodesia (historical name of Zimbabwe) · hi रोडेशिया (historical name of Zimbabwe) · ko 로디지아 (historical name of Zimbabwe) · te రొడీషియా (historical name of Zimbabwe) · af Rhodesië (historical name of Zimbabwe) · so Rodesiya (historical name of Zimbabwe) · ja ローデシア (historical name of Zimbabwe) · lt Rodezija (historical name of Zimbabwe) · nl Rhodesië (historical name of Zimbabwe) · mr रोडेशिया (the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia) · ru Роде́зия (historical name of Zimbabwe) · it Rhodesia (historical name of Zimbabwe) · sv Rhodesia (historical name of Zimbabwe) · sv Rhodesia (the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia) · fr Rhodésie (historical name of Zimbabwe) · ro Rhodesia (historical name of Zimbabwe) · ga an Róidéis (historical name of Zimbabwe) · mr रोडेशिया (historical name of Zimbabwe) · lt Rodezija (the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia) · fi Rhodesia (historical name of Zimbabwe) · de Rhodesien (historical name of Zimbabwe) · ru Роде́зия (the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia) · es Rodesia (the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia) · da Rhodesia (the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia) · da Rhodesia (historical name of Zimbabwe) · pt Rodésia (historical name of Zimbabwe) · cmn 羅德西亞 /罗德西亚 (historical name of Zimbabwe)
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