Rhodes: Meaning and Definition of

Rhodes

1. 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
2. 1848–1927, U.S. historian.
3. a Greek island in the SE Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: the largest of the Dodecanese Islands. 66,606; 542 sq. mi. (1404 sq. km).
4. a seaport on this island. 32,019. Italian,Greek,
5. a huge bronze statue of Apollo that stood at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes. Cf.