Rhodesia

Usages: English, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish

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Pronunciation: ro-DEE-shə(English) ro-DEE-zhə(English)

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Meaning: Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia (named after British diplomat Cecil Rhodes) prior to 1980.

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- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in English)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in English)
• Danish: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Danish)
• Finnish: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Finnish)
• Italian: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Italian)
• Norwegian: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Norwegian)
• Romanian: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Romanian)
• Swedish: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Swedish)

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(Information from name #260983 originally submitted by user anonymous)