rhodes
/ɹoʊdz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A topographic surname for a person who lived near woodland clearings, or a habitational one for someone from a place so named.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A village in northern Eastern Cape province, South Africa; named for Cecil Rhodes.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), English mining magnate and politician."
Etymology
From French Rhodes, from Latin Rhodus, from Ancient Greek Ῥόδος (Rhódos), of uncertain etymology. Possibilities include a pre-Greek name (cf. Phoenician 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤃 (hrʿd), "snake"), ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), and ῥοιά (rhoiá, “pomegranate”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹoʊdz/
- British English: /ɹəʊdz/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People, Music.