英语词汇rhode island的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	rhode island
词源	Rhode Island. One story has Verrazzano, in 1524, observing the island now called Aquidneck in Narragansett Bay and nam- ing it Rhodes Island because it reminded him of the island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean. Later, the island gave its name to the state. Most scholars contend that Rhode Island takes its name from the Dutch Roodt Eylandt, “red island,” for its red clay.
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