దక్షిణ రొడీషియా

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దక్షిణ రొడీషియా (dakṣiṇa roḍīṣiyā?

  1. (historical) Southern Rhodesia: Name used to refer to the area now called Zimbabwe (officially introduced in 1901). A self-governing colony of Britain from 1923, its government began to refer to itself simply as Rhodesia in 1964, when Northern Rhodesia became Zambia. The name Zimbabwe was adopted in 1980.