noun
a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes
• Syn: ↑Rhodes
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Aegean island
• Part Holonyms: ↑Dodecanese, ↑Dhodhekanisos, ↑Greece, ↑Hellenic Republic, ↑Ellas
Useful english dictionary. 2012.