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LITTLE RHODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Little Rhody mean? 

LITTLE RHODY (noun)
  The noun LITTLE RHODY has 1 sense:

1. a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest stateplay

  Familiarity information: LITTLE RHODY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LITTLE RHODY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Little Rhody; Ocean State; R.I.; Rhode Island; RI

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Little Rhody"):

Brown; Brown University (a university in Rhode Island)

capital of Rhode Island; Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University)

Newport (a resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center)

Narragansett Bay (a deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Rhode Island)

Domain member region:

Shawnee cake (form of johnnycake)

Holonyms ("Little Rhody" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

New England (a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut)


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