Rhodes

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Rhodes

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”).

Rhodes (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodeses)

island

capital of the Dodecanese

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.

Rhodes (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodeses)

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.
(rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
A village in northern Eastern Cape province, South Africa; named for Cecil Rhodes.
A number of places in the United States:
1. An unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
2. A minor city in Marshall County, Iowa; named for Conway B. Rhodes.
3. An unincorporated community in Bentley Township, Gladwin County, Michigan; named for Murry Bentley Rhodes.
4. 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.

Hanks, Patrick (2022), Dictionary of American Family Names‎, second edition, Oxford University press, →ISBN, retrieved 5 March 2024
Hanks, Patrick (2016), The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland‎, Oxford University press, →ISBN, retrieved 5 March 2024

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