Rhodes

[rohdz]

noun

1. Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.

2. James Ford, 1848–1927, U.S. historian.

3. a Greek island in the SE Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: the largest of the Dodecanese Islands. 542 sq. mi. (1,404 sq. km).

4. Greek Rhodos. Italian Rodi. a seaport on this island.

5. Colossus of, a huge bronze statue of Apollo that stood at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes.

Rhodes

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/ rəʊdz /

noun

1. a Greek island in the SE Aegean Sea, about 16 km (10 miles) off the Turkish coast: the largest of the Dodecanese and the most easterly island in the Aegean. Capital: Rhodes. Pop (municipality): 55 086 (2001). Area: 1400 sq km (540 sq miles)

2. a port on this island, in the NE: founded in 408 _bc ; of great commercial and political importance in the 3rd century _bc ; suffered several earthquakes, notably in 225, when the Colossus was destroyed. Pop: 41 000 (latest est)

Rhodes

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/ rəʊdz /

noun

1. Cecil John . 1853–1902, British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa. He made a fortune in diamond and gold mining and, as prime minister of the Cape Colony (1890–96), he helped to extend British territory. He established the annual Rhodes scholarships to Oxford See Rhodes scholarship

Example Sentences

In their heyday in the 1950s there were more than 4,000 in America -- but now only 300 or so remain, said Gary Rhodes, a movie historian.

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“Send prayers up for my former teammate mark.. sucks so much to see this,” Kerry Rhodes wrote.

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“We were down at the Record Plant, and I was playing the Fender Rhodes,” he recalls.

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Ray Rhodes hired John Harbaugh in his final season with the Eagles, but Reid kept the young coach on staff as special teams coordinator.

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The author, Gladys Rhodes White, made 11 recommendations to agencies and said the girl would have benefited from "targeted help" if information had been "fully shared and assessed".

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