When speaking of the state Rhode Island (RI), it is the same word.
Rhode Island, USA (United States of America) = Rhode Island, VS (Verenigde Staten van Amerika)
no one really knows, but rhode island means red island in dutch
Some, but their numbers were small.
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The Rhode Island colony was named after the Dutch word "Roodt Eylandt," which translates to "red island." This name was inspired by the reddish hue of the clay along the shores of what is now known as Aquidneck Island. The term was first used by the explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in the 1520s, and it was later adopted in the naming of the colony as it developed.
the british or dtuch. i think the dutch
They Anglicised the Dutch West India Company name of Roodt Island.
The address of the Dutch Island Lighthouse Society is: Po Box 435, Saunderstown, RI 02874-0435
Origin of the Name Rhode Island - Rhode Island was either named for the Isle of Rhodes (in the Mediterranean Sea) or for its red clay (the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block may have named it "Rood Eylandt" meaning Red Island, in Dutch).
The Dutch West India Company had called the area Roodt Eylandt for red island.
The Dutch West India Company called Aquidneck Island Roodt Eyelandt or Red Island.
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The light blue banner contains the word Hope which is the Rhode Island state motto.