Definition of "Rhodesia"

Rhodesia¹

/ɹəʊˈdiːʃə/

proper noun
1. (historical) A former country in Southern Africa, in what is now Zimbabwe, originally called Southern Rhodesia, named after its founder, Cecil Rhodes.
  Quotations
  If you did that in Rhodesia, you could be punished with many years in prison.
  2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 158
2. (historical) A historical region in Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Rhodesia²

proper noun
1. A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5680).