n.
Pronunciation: ' r ō dz
Variant: or Modern Greek Ró · dhos \ ' ro ̇ - ˌ th o ̇ s \
Function: geographical name
1 island Greece in the SE Aegean, chief island of the Dodecanese area 540 sq mi (1399 sq km ), pop 103,295
2 city, its capital pop 43,619
– Rho · di · an \ ' r ō -d ē - ə n \ adjective or noun