Rhodesia

(rō dēz̸hə, -z̸hē ə)

former region in S Africa, including Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) & Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

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See Rhodesia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

  1. A region of south-central Africa south of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo and comprising modern-day Zambia and Zimbabwe. Probably inhabited since ancient times, it was formerly administered by the British South Africa Company.
  2. See Zimbabwe2.

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  • Rho·deˈsian adjective & n.

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