Rhodesia · proper noun1
From Rhodes + -ia, after Cecil Rhodes, director of the British South Africa Company.
Rhodesia · proper noun2
Named after G. Preston Rhodes, chairman of a colliery company.
First known use, by meaning
- used from 1965 to 1979 A former country in Southern Africa, in what is now Zimbabwe, originally called Southern Rhodesia, named after its founder, Cecil Rhodes.
- used from 1895 to 1964 A historical region of Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.