| NOUN | person | Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes | British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa |
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| location | Rhodes, Rodhos | a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast |
| Sounds | row'dz | |
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| Rhymes | crossroads ... roads: 4 rhymes with owdz... | |
| Meaning | British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902). | |
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| Synonyms | Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes | |
| Instance of | colonizer, coloniser | someone who helps to found a colony |
| financier, moneyman | A person skilled in large scale financial transactions | |
| Spanish | Cecil John Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Rhodes | |
| Catalan | Cecil Rhodes | |
| Meaning | A Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes. | |
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| Synonym | Rodhos | |
| Instance of | Aegean island | An island in the Aegean Sea |
| Part of | Dodecanese, Dhodhekanisos | A group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea |
| Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas | A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula | |
| Spanish | Rodas | |
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