The Clue
Scholarship founder (6 letter answer)
The Answer
RHODES
Tags
Notes
The answer RHODES is uncommon, appearing about once every 525 puzzles.
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Big statue isle
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Definition
RHODES as a noun:
1. (Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes) = British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
2. (Rhodes, Rodhos) = a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes