Southern Rhodesia

English

Etymology

Named after Cecil Rhodes, its founder.

Proper noun

Southern Rhodesia

2. (historical) a 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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• North-Eastern Rhodesia
• Northern Rhodesia

• North-Western Rhodesia
• Rhodesia

Translations

former name of what is now Zimbabwe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南羅得西亞／南罗得西亚 (zh), 南罗得西亚 (zh) (Nán Luódéxīyà)

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• Danish: Sydrhodesia
• Portuguese: Rodésia do Sul f