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| 1. | Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa. |
| 2. | James Ford, 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, Rodi. Greek, Rhodos. |
| 5. | Colossus of, a huge bronze statue of Apollo that stood at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes. |
| Rhodes (rōdz) An island of southeast Greece in the Aegean Sea off southwest Turkey. It is the largest of the Dodecanese Islands and was colonized by Dorians from Argos before 1000 B.C. and strongly influenced by the Minoan culture of Crete. The ancient city of Rhodes, on the northeast end of the island near the present-day city of Rhodes, was founded c. 408 B.C. Its harbor was the site of the Colossus of Rhodes, a bronze statue erected 292-280 B.C. that was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The modern city has a population of 55,600. |
| Rhodes, Cecil John 1853-1902. British financier and colonizer who became prime minister of Cape Colony in 1890 but was forced to resign in 1896 after attempting to overthrow the Boer regime in the Transvaal. He later helped colonize the territory now called Zimbabwe. |
Rhodes
a rose, an island to the south of the western extremity of Asia Minor, between Coos and Patara, about 46 miles long and 18 miles broad. Here the apostle probably landed on his way from Greece to Syria (Acts 21:1), on returning from his third missionary journey.