Rhodos

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrɔðɔs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(rô′ᵺôs)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Rho•dos  (rô′ᵺôs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place NamesGreek name of Rhodes. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Rhodos /ˈrɔðɔs/ n
  1. the Ancient Greek name for Rhodes1
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Rhodes  (rōdz),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
  2. Biographical James Ford, 1848–1927, U.S. historian.
  3. Place Namesa Greek island in the SE Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: the largest of the Dodecanese Islands. 66,606;
    542 sq. mi. (1404 sq. km).
  4. Place Namesa seaport on this island. 32,019. Italian, Rodi. Greek, Rhodos. 
  5. Antiquity Colossus of, a huge bronze statue of Apollo that stood at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes. Cf. Seven Wonders of the World. 

'Rhodos' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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