Rode

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rode"

English

Etymology

In place names, from Old English *rodu (“clearing”).

Proper noun

Rode

1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8053).
2. A habitational name for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place named Rode.

See also

• North Rode
• Odd Rode

References

• Hanks, Patrick (2022) Dictionary of American Family Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, s.v. Rhode (no pagination)

Hunsrik

Noun

Rode

1. plural of Rod

Lithuanian

Noun

Rodè

1. locative singular of Ròdas (“Rhodes”)

Noun

Ròde

1. vocative singular of Ròdas (“Rhodes”)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Rode f

1. (Greek mythology) Rhode (the oldest Oceanid)