Rhoda

Origin

From Ancient Greek Ῥόδη "rose" or "from the island of Rhodes".

Full definition of Rhoda

Proper noun

1. .
• Authorized Version|Acts|12|13-14And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
• 1970 Patrick White, The Vivisector, Viking Press, page 13:'One little girl. Her name is Rhoda.''What? Roader?' The others all looked suspicious of a name nobody had ever heard.'It's in the Bible,' he said.

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