rhodesia

Other forms of rhodesia

plural

rhodesias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rhodesia

What does rhodesia mean?

rhodesia means "a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980".

How many syllables are in rhodesia?

rhodesia has 3 syllables: rho-de-sia. The stress falls on "de". In IPA it is /ɹoʊˈdiʒə/.

What is another word for rhodesia?

Close synonyms include Zimbabwe, Republic of Zimbabwe, Southern Rhodesia. 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 rhodesia a common word?

rhodesia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.