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southern rhodesia

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
south-ern rhode-sia
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former colony of the United Kingdom; a name used to refer to the area now called Zimbabwe, officially introduced in 1901. A self-governing colony of Britain from 1923, its government began to refer to itself simply as Rhodesia in 1964, when Northern Rhodesia became Zambia. The name Zimbabwe was adopted in 1980.

Etymology

Named after British colonizer Cecil Rhodes.

Derived Forms

Rhodesia

Phrases

North-Eastern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia North-Western Rhodesia

Questions

What does southern rhodesia mean?
A former colony of the United Kingdom; a name used to refer to the area now called Zimbabwe, officially introduced in 1901. A self-governing colony of Britain from 1923, its government began to refer to itself simply as Rhodesia in 1964, when Northern Rhodesia became Zambia. The name Zimbabwe was adopted in 1980.
Where does southern rhodesia come from?
Named after British colonizer Cecil Rhodes.

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