Rodos

From Ancient Greek Ῥόδος (Rhódos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈro(ː)dos/, [ˈro̞(ː)do̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -odos
• Syllabification^(key): Ro‧dos
• Hyphenation^(key): Ro‧dos

Rodos

1. Rhodes (Greek island)

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Rhodes" is Rodoksella.

Borrowed from Greek Ρόδος (Ródos), from Ancient Greek Ῥόδος (Rhódos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.dɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔdɔs
• Syllabification: Ro‧dos

Rodos m inan

1. Rhodes (an island of the Dodecanese, Greece)
2. Rhodes (a city on the island of Rhodes, Greece)

• Rodos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Rodos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Ottoman Turkish ردوس (Rodos), from Greek Ρόδος (Ródos), from Ancient Greek Ῥόδος (Rhódos), of uncertain etymology. Possibilities include a pre-Greek name (cf. Phoenician 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤃 (hrʿd), "snake"), ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), and ῥοία (rhoía, “pomegranate”).

Rodos

1. Rhodes