Definition of Rodhos

1. Noun. 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; site of the Colossus of Rhodes.

Exact synonyms: Rhodes
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic, Dhodhekanisos, Dodecanese
Generic synonyms: Aegean Island

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rodhos

Rocky Mountain jay
Rocky Mountain sheep
Rocky Mountain spotted fever vaccine
Rocky Mountain whitefish
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains cherry
Rocky mountain pinon
Rocroi
Rod Laver
Rodders
Roderick
Rodger
Rodgers
Rodgerson
Rodhos (current term)
Rodin
Rodina
Rodinia
Rodney
Rodney George Laver
Rodolia
Rodolia cardinalis
Rodrigo Borgia
Rodya Raskolnikov
Roebling
Roentgen
Roentgen-ray
Roesler-Bressler infarct
Rog

Literary usage of Rodhos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call by Larry H. Ludmer (2007)
"The One-Day Sightseeing Tour: Let's first take a look at the wonders of Rhodes City or Rodhos. Walking inside the walls of Rhodes is like taking a journey ..."

2. Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah by Franz Delitzsch, Samuel Rolles Driver (1892)
"... DID rODHOS (cf. the reference to Sodom and Gomorrah in ver. 10 ff.). Add also xxxvi. 7, according to which Hezekiah abolished the high places, ..."

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