a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes • Syn: Rhodes • Instance Hypernyms: Aegean island • Part Holonyms: Dodecanese, Dhodhekanisos, Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas
