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/kəlˈɑsəs əv roʊdz/ Listen

Colossus of Rhodes

noun

A huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios that was built around 285 BC and that stood beside the harbor entrance on the island of Rhodes for about 50 years before it was toppled by an earthquake.

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... head between the prongs of a stable-fork; another is spread out like the Colossus of Rhodes; whilst a gentleman in a blue uniform has thrown himself into an attitude a la Cribb, with the facetious intention of "letting daylight into the wittling department" of the pot-boy of ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various

Words linked to "Colossus of Rhodes" : statue, Seven Wonders of the World, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World