northern rhodesia

Questions about northern rhodesia

What does northern rhodesia mean?

northern rhodesia means "a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964".

What is another word for northern rhodesia?

Close synonyms include Zambia, Republic of Zambia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is northern rhodesia a common word?

northern rhodesia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.