Rhodes,

5 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Rhodes
       n 1: British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa;
            made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped
            colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed
            annual fellowships for Commonwealth and United States
            students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902) [syn:


             {Cecil Rhodes}, {Cecil J. Rhodes}, {Cecil John Rhodes}]
       2: 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 [syn: {Rodhos}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Rhodes
     a rose, an island to the south of the western extremity of Asia
     Minor, between Coos and Patara, about 46 miles long and 18 miles
     broad. Here the apostle probably landed on his way from Greece
     to Syria (Acts 21:1), on returning from his third missionary
     journey.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Rhodes, same as Rhoda
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Rhodes, IA (city, FIPS 66540)
    Location: 41.92743 N, 93.18401 W
    Population (1990): 272 (123 housing units)
    Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 50234
  Rhodes, MI
    Zip code(s): 48652

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Rhodes, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
     Population (2000):    294
     Housing Units (2000): 129
     Land area (2000):     1.015765 sq. miles (2.630820 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.015765 sq. miles (2.630820 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            66540
     Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
     Location:             41.926536 N, 93.184884 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     50234
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Rhodes, IA
      Rhodes