RHODES

I. ˈrōdz biographical name

Cecil John 1853-1902 British administrator & financier in South Africa

II. ˈrōdz geographical name

or Modern Greek Ró·dhos ˈrȯ-ˌthȯs

1. island Greece in the SE Aegean, chief island of the Dodecanese area 540 square miles (1399 square kilometers ), population 103,295

2. city, its capital population 43,619

• Rho·di·an ˈrō-dē-ən adjective or noun