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1. Rhodes
noun. 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.
Synonyms
Etymology
- Ῥόδος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
Rhymes with Cecil John Rhodes
- explodes
- implodes
- busloads
- unloads
- reloads
- m-codes
- decodes
- c-codes
- erodes
- corrodes
- toads
- rodes
- roads
- road's
- roades
- rhoads
- rhoades
- nodes
- modes
- lodes
- loads
- codes
- code's
- bodes
2. Rhodes
noun. British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902).
Synonyms
Etymology
- Ῥόδος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
4. John
noun. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation.
Etymology
- Iohannes (Latin)
- Ἰωάννης (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
6. John
noun. the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament.
Synonyms
Etymology
- Iohannes (Latin)
- Ἰωάννης (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
7. John
noun. youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216).
Synonyms
Etymology
- Iohannes (Latin)
- Ἰωάννης (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
