Rhodesia

[roh-dee-zhuh]

noun

(as Southern Rhodesia) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe 1979.
a historical region in S Africa that comprised the British territories of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

Related formsRho·de·sian, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for rhodesia

Contemporary Examples of rhodesia

He sought out the remnants of Siam in Thailand, and Rhodesia in Zimbabwe, and Leningrad in St. Petersburg.
Discovering Underground Labyrinths, Remote Cities, and More of the World’s Lost Places
Nina Strochlic
July 8, 2014
Fischer was born in Rhodesia and doesn't need lectures about colonial over-reach.
Fischer King Departs
Bernard Avishai
January 31, 2013

Historical Examples of rhodesia

Afterwards I went into Rhodesia, and incidentally made money.
The Avenger
E. Phillips Oppenheim
I went up to Rhodesia, and of course I had the devil's luck.
The Avenger
E. Phillips Oppenheim
As to you, sir, I trust that a bright future awaits you in Rhodesia.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
If I persuade father to take me up to Rhodesia with him, will you come too?
The Rhodesian
Gertrude Page
I have met people from Rhodesia, and they dress quite ordinarily.
The Rhodesian
Gertrude Page

British Dictionary definitions for rhodesia

Rhodesia

noun

a former name (1964–79) for Zimbabwe

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rhodesia in Culture

Rhodesia

[(roh-dee-zhuh)]

Former name of Zimbabwe, a nation in southeastern Africa.

Note

Rhodesia was named for Cecil Rhodes, the English industrialist whose British South Africa Company colonized the region at the end of the nineteenth century. He also founded the Rhodes Scholarships for study at Oxford University.