Rhode Island
English
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editOriginally spelled Rode-Island. From unstandardized Early Modern Dutch Roode Eylant (“Red Island”), after a description of Aquidneck Island given by navigator Adriaen Block: een rodlich Eylande (Modern Dutch een roodlijk eiland).[1]
Modern spelling due to influence from Rhodes, as Giovanni da Verrazzano had once likened an isle somewhere about the Narragansett Bay to it, though the precise identity of the isle he was referring to remains unknown. The earliest spelling showing influence from this is Rhod-Island.[2]
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹoʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɹəʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/
Audio (Rhode Island): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
edit- The smallest state of the United States, formerly officially State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- Holonym: New England
- The official name of Aquidneck Island.
Usage notes
edit- As the geographically smallest state in the US, Rhode Island is often used as a comparison for area or size.
- The state of Rhode Island is not an island.
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Translations
edita state of the United States of America
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See also
edit| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
edit- ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/documentaryhisto02chap/documentaryhisto02chap_djvu.txt
- ^ “How Rhode Island Got Its Name”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2010 November 17 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 November 2010
Further reading
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Rhode Island on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
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Etymology
editBorrowed from English Rhode Island.
Proper noun
editRhode Island (genitive Rhode Islands)
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom English Rhode Island.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editRhode Island
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Declension
edit| Inflection of Rhode Island (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Rhode Island | — | |
| genitive | Rhode Islandin | — | |
| partitive | Rhode Islandia | — | |
| illative | Rhode Islandiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Rhode Island | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Rhode Island | — |
| gen. | Rhode Islandin | ||
| genitive | Rhode Islandin | — | |
| partitive | Rhode Islandia | — | |
| inessive | Rhode Islandissa | — | |
| elative | Rhode Islandista | — | |
| illative | Rhode Islandiin | — | |
| adessive | Rhode Islandilla | — | |
| ablative | Rhode Islandilta | — | |
| allative | Rhode Islandille | — | |
| essive | Rhode Islandina | — | |
| translative | Rhode Islandiksi | — | |
| abessive | Rhode Islanditta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Italian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Rhode Island.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editRhode Island m
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Polish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Rhode Island.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editRhode Island m inan (indeclinable)
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Further reading
edit- Rhode Island in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Rhode Island in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editProper noun
editRhode Island
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Usage notes
editRhode Island is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
Spanish
editProper noun
editRhode Island m
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Related terms
editSee also
edit- Rhode Island on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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