[syn: Rhodes, Rodhos]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Rhodes
n 1: British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa;
made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize
the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual
fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States
students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902) [syn:
Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John
Rhodes]
2: a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the
Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was
colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the
Colossus of Rhodes [syn: Rhodes, Rodhos]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Rhodes
a rose, an island to the south of the western extremity of Asia
Minor, between Coos and Patara, about 46 miles long and 18 miles
broad. Here the apostle probably landed on his way from Greece
to Syria (Acts 21:1), on returning from his third missionary
journey.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Rhodes, same as Rhoda
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Rhodes, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 294
Housing Units (2000): 129
Land area (2000): 1.015765 sq. miles (2.630820 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.015765 sq. miles (2.630820 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66540
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.926536 N, 93.184884 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50234
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Rhodes, IA
Rhodes