Rhode Island
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Map of the US highlighting Rhode Island
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Originally 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
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹoʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɹəʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/
Audio (Rhode Island): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
- 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
- As the 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
Derived terms
Translations
a state of the United States of America
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See also
| 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
- ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/documentaryhisto02chap/documentaryhisto02chap_djvu.txt
- ^ “How Rhode Island Got Its Name”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2010 November 17 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 November 2010
Further reading
Rhode Island on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Rhode Island.
Proper noun
Rhode Island (genitive Rhode Islands)
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
From English Rhode Island.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Declension
| 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
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Rhode Island.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rhode Island m
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Rhode Island.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rhode Island m inan (indeclinable)
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Further reading
- Rhode Island in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Rhode Island in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Proper noun
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Usage notes
Rhode Island is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
Spanish
Proper noun
Rhode Island m
- Rhode Island (a state of the United States)
Related terms
See also
- Rhode Island on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es