Southern Rhodesia

== English == === Etymology === Named after British colonizer Cecil Rhodes. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Southern Rhodesia (historical) A former colony of the United Kingdom; a name used to refer to the area now called Zimbabwe, officially introduced in 1901. A self-governing colony of Britain from 1923, its government began to refer to itself simply as Rhodesia in 1964, when Northern Rhodesia became Zambia. The name Zimbabwe was adopted in 1980. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====