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Rhode¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English Rode, from Old English rod, rodu and/or Old English hrēod.

The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification— was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

proper noun Rhodes · A habitational surname

  1. countable, uncountable for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place so named.
  2. countable, uncountable for a person who lived near a reed bed.

Rhode²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē).

proper noun

  1. Greek In Greek mythology, the oldest Oceanid, a daughter of Tethys and Oceanus

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rood, rude, road, rod, roed, rudd, rode, rhodes, ruud, route, boulevard, lane, avenue, highway, street, trail

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name the oldest Oceanid

PortuguêsRode
FrançaisRhodé
ΕλληνικάΡόδη Ródi
РусскийРода Roda

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"Rhode." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rhode. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{rhode_2026,
  title = {Rhode},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rhode},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}