Rhodes : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Rhodes	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Rhodes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhodes n 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) Synonym(s): Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes 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 Synonym(s): Rhodes, Rodhos
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rhodes, IA (city, FIPS 66540) Location: 41.92743 N, 93.18401 W Population (1990): 272 (123 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50234 Rhodes, MI Zip code(s): 48652
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rhodes a rose, an island to the south of the western extremity of Asia Minor, between Coos and Patara, about 46 miles long and 18 miles broad. Here the apostle probably landed on his way from Greece to Syria (Acts 21:1), on returning from his third missionary journey.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rhodes, same as Rhoda