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Rhode Island

/ˌɹoʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/

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What does Rhode Island mean?

proper noun

  1. The smallest state of the United States. Official name: State of Rhode Island.
  2. The official name of Aquidneck Island.

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/ˌɹoʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/

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He owns almost a Rhode Island county, with thousands of acres and hundreds of black laborers.
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkProject Gutenberg ebook #408
But we probed deeper, and discovered that the purely American communities, such as Rhode Island, were the most corrupt of all.
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558
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The sloop putting in at Newport, Rhode Island, I visited my brother John, who had been married and settled there some years.
Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinProject Gutenberg ebook #148
Outside of Melbourne, Victoria seems to be owned by a handful of squatters, each with a Rhode Island for a sheep farm.
Mark TwainFollowing the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2895
"Would you believe that we actually raise more corn on one farm in Illinois than the total corn crop of Rhode Island?"
Cyril G. (Cyril George) HopkinsThe Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real LifeProject Gutenberg ebook #4527