Submitted Name Save Type Country Usage English, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish Pronounced Pron. ro-DEE-shə(English) ro-DEE-zhə(English) [key·IPA] Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 4/21/2017 by anonymous Edited 9/15/2020 by Mike C Meaning & History Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia (named after British diplomat Cecil Rhodes) prior to 1980.