RODHOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rodhos mean? 

• RODHOS (noun)
  The noun RODHOS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: RODHOS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RODHOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Rhodes; Rodhos

Instance hypernyms:

Aegean island (an island in the Aegean Sea)

Holonyms ("Rodhos" is a part of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

Dhodhekanisos; Dodecanese (a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea)