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Rhodes /ˈrodz/
Rhodes
n 1: 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 Commonwealth and United States
students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902) [syn:
Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes]
2: 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 [syn: Rodhos]
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.