Definition of: Rhodesia

(rō·dē′zhə, -zhē·ə)
1. Formerly, a region of south central Africa divided by the Zambezi river into Northern Rhodesia, now ZAMBIA a British Prontectorate, and Southern Rhodesia, now ZIMBABWE a British Colony.
2. A British Colony in south central Africa consisting of the former Southern Rhodesia; unilaterally declared its independence in 1965; 150,333 sq. mi.; capital, Salisbury.
—Rho·de′sian adjective & noun