Rhodes

From French Rhodes, from Latin Rhodus, from Ancient Greek Ῥόδος (Rhódos), of uncertain etymology. Possibilities include a pre-Greek name (cf. Phoenician 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤃‎ (hrʿd), "snake"), ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), and ῥοία (rhoía, “pomegranate”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊdz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊdz/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oʊdz, -əʊdz
• Homophone: roads

Rhodes (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodeses)

1. A surname.

   Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), English imperialist

2. An island in the Dodecanese, Greece, in the Aegean Sea.
3. A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.
4. A small commune in Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
5. A village near Middleton, Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8505).
6. A village in northern Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
7. A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
8. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
   2. A minor city in Marshall County, Iowa.
   3. An unincorporated community in Bentley Township, Gladwin County, Michigan.
   4. A census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana.
9. An electric piano.

• Colossus of Rhodes
• Rhodesia (from the surname)

• Rohdes, dehors, hordes, horsed, reshod, shoder, shored

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔd/

Rhodes f

1. Rhodes (island)
2. Rhodes (town)

• dehors

Rhodes

1. Obsolete spelling of Rodes