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Rhodesia

roh-DEE-shuh
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A former country in Southern Africa, now Zimbabwe, named after British colonialist Cecil Rhodes.
"The country of Rhodesia became independent Zimbabwe in 1980."
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From Rhodes + -ia, after Cecil Rhodes.

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