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Rhodes¹
- /ɹəʊdz/ UK
- /ɹoʊdz/ Canada, US
- /ɹəʉdz/ Australia
- /ɹɐʉdz/ New Zealand
Sounds like roads · Rhymes with -oʊdz, -əʊdz
Where it comes from
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”).
proper noun Rhodeses
- An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
- A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.
Rhodes²
- /ɹəʊdz/ UK
- /ɹoʊdz/ Canada, US
- /ɹəʉdz/ Australia
- /ɹɐʉdz/ New Zealand
Sounds like roads · Rhymes with -oʊdz, -əʊdz
Where it comes from
From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu.
The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification—was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.
proper noun Rhodeses · Rhoades · Rhoads · Rodes · Roades · Royds
- A 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.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A village in northern Eastern Cape province, South Africa; named for Cecil Rhodes.
- An unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Marshall County, Iowa; named for Conway B. Rhodes.
- An unincorporated community in Bentley Township, Gladwin County, Michigan; named for Murry Bentley Rhodes.
- A census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana.
- A village near Middleton, Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8505).
- A small commune in Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
- A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
- An electric piano which produces soft, harmonic-like sounds; a Rhodes piano; named for inventor Harold Rhodes.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rodi, rodas, highway, path, lane, avenue, route, street, track, trail, causeway, drive, boulevard, byway, thoroughfare, way
Translations
Talk about this word "Rhodes." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rhodes. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Rhodes. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rhodes "Rhodes." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rhodes.Cite this
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title = {Rhodes},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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