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Some claim it for the Isle of Rhodes in the Agean but the most likely source is from the Dutch West India Company name of "Roodt Eyelandt" meaning Red Island.

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The color of the red clay in the area or Roodt Eyeland by the Dutch West India Company.

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For no person. The name comes from the Dutch West India Company's name for the area which was Roodt Eyelandt or Red Island.

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