Rhode Island is named after a greek island
Rhode Island was the previous name of a former colony which was an island itself (today it is known as Aquidneck Island). In what is now mainland Rhode Island was called Providence. The two colonies...
The Mediterannean island's full name is "Isle of Rhodes.""Rhode Island" is the historical and official name for Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay.
Rhode Islanders.