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SOUTHERN RHODESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Southern Rhodesia mean? 

SOUTHERN RHODESIA (noun)
  The noun SOUTHERN RHODESIA has 1 sense:

1. a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980play

  Familiarity information: SOUTHERN RHODESIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOUTHERN RHODESIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Republic of Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Southern Rhodesia"):

capital of Zimbabwe; Harare; Salisbury (the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe)

Bulawayo (industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe)

Victoria; Victoria Falls (a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally)

Zambezi; Zambezi River (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean)

Meronyms (members of "Southern Rhodesia"):

Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwean (a native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe)

Holonyms ("Southern Rhodesia" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)


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