Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A former region of south-central Africa north of the Limpopo River. The native kingdoms in the region were colonized by Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company in the 1890s. The region remained under British control until the 1960s, when northern and southern Rhodesia gained their independence as Zambia and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
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- noun a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
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Examples
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But Comrade Mugabe was imprisoned for 10 years, in the jails of the racists of Zimbabwe, which they called Rhodesia in rememberance of a conqueror, one of many that have invaded our countries.
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While he was in Rhodesia, Hatfill says, a truck he was riding in was ambushed by Marxist insurgents.
The Wrong Man 2010
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The overthrow of the remaining Brits in Rhodesia gave us Mugabe's Zimbabwe, which South Africa might start resembling years from now.
Conceived in Tribalism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The farm in Rhodesia would mark a zenith of this kind of impulse.
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While he was in Rhodesia, Hatfill says, a truck he was riding in was ambushed by Marxist insurgents.
The Wrong Man 2010
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The Israelis see what happened in Rhodesia when it became Zimbabwe.
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I lived in Rhodesia in 1973 and there absolutely was “ethnic apartness”, if by that you mean
Matthew Yglesias » Israel Deserves Better Defenders Than Andrew Roberts 2010
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Comment upthread: The Israelis see what happened in Rhodesia when it became Zimbabwe.
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The most important thing about Zimbabwe/Rhodesia is the white/black conflict, and they should say which he is.
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Two Weird Cases Of MSM Not Mentioning Race 2008
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The most important thing about Zimbabwe/Rhodesia is the white/black conflict, and they should say which he is.
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