Rhodes

plural Rhodeses

1. countableuncountableAn island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
2. countableuncountableA city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.

plural Rhodeses · alternative Rhoades · alternative Rhoads · alternative Rodes · alternative Roades · alternative Royds · alternative Rhode

1. countableuncountableA topographic surname for a person who lived near woodland clearings, or a habitational one for someone from a place so named.

   Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), English mining magnate and politician.

2. countablerareuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
3. countableuncountableA village in northern Eastern Cape province, South Africa; named for Cecil Rhodes.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
   2. countableuncountableA minor city in Marshall County, Iowa; named for Conway B. Rhodes.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Bentley Township, Gladwin County, Michigan; named for Murry Bentley Rhodes.
   4. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana.
5. countableuncountableA village near Middleton, Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8505).
6. countableuncountableA small commune in Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
7. countableuncountableA suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
8. countableuncountableAn electric piano which produces soft, harmonic-like sounds; a Rhodes piano; named for inventor Harold Rhodes.