Possibly named in honor of the Greek Island or was named Roode Eylandt by Adriaen Block, Dutch explorer, because of its red clay
Not from a person or place but from the red clay that was on the islands. The Dutch West India Company called it Red Islands or Roodt Eyelandts which was Anglicized to Rhode Island.
Rhode is also a Greek island: its name meaning "Rose".
It is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Providence Plantations.
They Anglicised the Dutch West India Company name of Roodt Island.
In rhode island next to massachusets
"State of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations".
rhode island and province plantations
providence plantation..or the state of Rhode Island
Rhode is also a Greek island: its name meaning "Rose".
It was founded as Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Rhode Island does not have an official State mammal.
Because his name was Roger and he found Rhode Island. So he could name it whatever he wanted. So obvioiusly he named it after himself.
Rhode Island, whose official name is: "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"
That is the nickname of Rhode Island. The states official name is Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Despair is Rhode Island's smallest island. It spreads about 25 miles long.
The Mediterannean island's full name is "Isle of Rhodes." "Rhode Island" is the historical and official name for Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay.
The state of Rhode Island is spelled "Rhode" instead of "road" for a specific reason. Namely, the state's name comes from the name of a pair of colonial settlements that were combined, Providence Plantation and Rhode Island.