Rhode Island
/rəʊd/- a state in the north-eastern US, on the Atlantic coast; pop. 1,050,788 (est. 2008); capital, Providence. Settled from England in the 17th century, it was one of the original thirteen states of the Union (1776) and is the smallest and most densely populated.罗得岛(美国东北部一州, 临大西洋, 2008年估计人口1,050,788, 首府普罗维登斯; 17世纪时英国人来此定居, 是美利坚合众国最初的13个州之一[1776], 是面积最小、人口最密集的州)。
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