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RODHOS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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:
Rhodes; Rodhos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Aegean island (an island in the Aegean Sea)
Holonyms ("Rodhos" is a part of...):
Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
Dhodhekanisos; Dodecanese (a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea)
