Rhodes
专有名词
英 /ɹəʊdz/
美 /ɹoʊdz/|/ɹəʉdz/
英文释义
专有名词
- An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
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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 city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.
- 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:; An unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Marshall County, Iowa; named for Conway B. Rhodes.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bentley Township, Gladwin County, Michigan; named for Murry Bentley Rhodes.
- A number of places in the United States:; 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.
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词源 1
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”).
词源 2
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.
The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification—was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.
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