Rhodesia Definition

rō-dēzhə
proper name

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

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A former region of south-central Africa north of the Limpopo River. The native kingdoms in the region were colonized by Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company in the 1890s. The region remained under British control until the 1960s, when northern and southern Rhodesia gained their independence as Zambia and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
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Rhodesia Sentence Examples

  • Its use is not confined to Southern Rhodesia and should not properly be restricted to any one particular site.

  • There was no authentic instance of any inscription having been found there or elsewhere in Rhodesia.

  • Finally from a comparative study of several ruins it was established that the plan and construction of Zimbabwe are by no means unique, and that this site only differs from others in Rhodesia in respect of the great dimensions and the massiveness of its individual buildings.

  • Arrangements were concluded with the British South Africa Company for the formation of a small syndicate for working in Rhodesia.

  • Between August 1897 and May 1898 he travelled through Cape Colony, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, Rhodesia and Basutoland.

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Words Starting With

RRHRHO

Words Ending With

AIASIA

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