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Rhodes (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 028 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 28.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Largest of the Dodecanese islands, located in SE Aegean Sea near Turkey; settled by Dorians from Argos before 1000 BC; founded colonies in the Mediterranean; was independent until Persian invasion 6th cen. BCE; flourished after death of Alexander. |
Names: |
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| Ródos, Nísos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Ródhos (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Rodhos (C,O)
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| Rodos (C,V)
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| Rhodos (C,V)
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| Rodi (C,O)
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| Rodas (C,O)
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| Rhodes (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Ródhos island (C,O,display)
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| Ródos, Nisí (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Nisí Ródos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Nísos Ródhos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Nísos Ródos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Ródhos, Nísos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Ródos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Νησί Ρόδος (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Ρόδος, Νησί (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Ρόδος (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Νίσος Ρόδος (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Ρόδος, Νίσος (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Rhodian (C,V,English,U,A)
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| רודוס (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Rhodus (H,V)
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Sporades (regional division) (P) |
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Rhodes (island) (P) |
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Rhodes (island) (P) |
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| island (preferred, C) |
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settlements date to 1st mill. BC & earlier |
| islands (C) |
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