1. 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Rodhos
n 1: 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]