# Rhodesia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɹəʊˈdiːʃə/ · frequency rank #24,576

## Definitions
1. A former country in Southern Africa, in what is now Zimbabwe, originally called Southern Rhodesia, named after its founder, Cecil Rhodes.
2. A historical region of Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia.

## Etymology
From Rhodes + -ia, after Cecil Rhodes, director of the British South Africa Company.

## Easily confused with
- **Rhodes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rhodes-vs-rhodesia)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hrodesia`, `rhdoesia`, `rhhodesia`, `rhoddesia`, `rhodeisa`, `rhodesai`, `rhodessia`, `rhodseia`, `rhoedsia`, `rohdesia`, `rrhodesia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rhodesia