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Rhodesian en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English Rhodesia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Rhodesian From Rhodesia + -an.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) From, pertaining, or relating to Rhodesia or its people or culture.
   • “Take it easy, Tahm-boo,” your boss says, her Rhodesian accent returning inexplicably. 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 289:

Deriveds

Rhodesian teak · Rhodesian plum · Rhodesianness · Rhodesian fever · Rhodesian redwater fever · Rhodesian Ridgeback · Rhodesian man

Translations (8)

hi रोडेशियाई (from Rhodesia) · fr rhodésien (from Rhodesia) · ca rhodesià (from Rhodesia) · fi rhodesialainen (from Rhodesia) · pt rodesiano (from Rhodesia) · da rhodesisk (from Rhodesia) · de rhodesisch (from Rhodesia) · es rodesiano (from Rhodesia)

Rhodesian en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English Rhodesia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Rhodesian From Rhodesia + -an.

Meanings

1. Someone from Rhodesia.
   • Six or seven steps were needed to traverse these parking spaces whose white painted boundaries accommodated the large and long vehicles of elite Rhodesians. 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 30:

Forms

Translations (9)

de Rhodesier (Someone from Rhodesia) · ca rhodesià (Someone from Rhodesia) · es rodesiano (Someone from Rhodesia) · pt rodesiano (Someone from Rhodesia) · fi rhodesialainen (Someone from Rhodesia) · da rhodesier (Someone from Rhodesia) · it rhodesiano (Someone from Rhodesia) · it rodesiano (Someone from Rhodesia) · hi रोडेशियाई (Someone from Rhodesia)