Southern Rhodesia en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Named after British colonizer Cecil Rhodes.
Meanings
- (historical) A former colony of the United Kingdom; a name used to refer to the area now called Zimbabwe, officially introduced in 1901. A self-governing colony of Britain from 1923, its government began to refer to itself simply as Rhodesia in 1964, when Northern Rhodesia became Zambia. The name Zimbabwe was adopted in 1980.
Deriveds
North-Western Rhodesia · Northern Rhodesia · Rhodesia · North-Eastern Rhodesia
Translations (17)
ja 南ローデシア (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · mr दक्षिण रोडेशिया (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · cmn 南羅得西亞 /南罗得西亚 (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · ru Ю́жная Роде́зия (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · da Sydrhodesia (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · es Rodesia del Sur (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · pl Rodezja Południowa (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · pt Rodésia do Sul (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · nl Zuid-Rhodesië (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · de Südrhodesien (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · uk Півде́нна Роде́зія (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · fr Rhodésie du Sud (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · cs Jižní Rhodesie (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · sk Južná Rodézia (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · be Паўднёвая Радэ́зія (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · bg Ю́жна Роде́зия (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) · ko 남로디지아 (former name of what is now Zimbabwe)