Northern Rhodesia
- proper noun
- Formal
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Rodesia del Norte
- Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland were to become independent two years later as the separate nations of Zambia and Malawi.
Examples
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The people of Northern Rhodesia were, he said, "not a cattle nor a goat people, nor a fishing people, nor a tree-cutting people; they are a dressed people" (1942:18).
Academic text (1997) -
The history of Northern Rhodesia is marked by its transition from a British protectorate to the independent nation of Zambia.
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Her treatment of how African musicians acquire musical skills using African American role models reaches back to 1957, when Louis Armstrong arrived in Zimbabwe (then Northern Rhodesia) on a concert tour sponsored by the U.S. State Department.
Academic text (1997) -
In Northern Rhodesia, many people spoke English due to British colonial influence.
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Tourists visiting Northern Rhodesia before independence often marveled at its stunning landscapes.
Synonyms
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A country in central Africa without a coast known for Victoria Falls and wildlife
A landlocked country in southern-central Africa independent since 1964
Surface Forms
Morphology
northern + Rhodesia
The phrase is compositionally built from the adjective 'northern' + the place-name 'Rhodesia', so a learner who knows both constituents will readily infer it denotes the northern part/territory called Rhodesia. This adjective+toponym pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately comprehensible; specific historical detail that it corresponds to modern Zambia requires encyclopedic knowledge beyond morphology.
Etymology
Northern Rhodesia comes from the time the area was a British territory named after Cecil Rhodes, a British businessman, and the word Northern showed it was the northern part of his lands. That's why, when the country 'became Zambia' in 1964, the old name stopped being used.