[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a republic in southern Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland;gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km).:Harare.formerlync South?ern Rhode?sia,", "the site of stone ruins Great Zimbabwediscovered c1870 in Rhodesia, probably built by a Bantu people, consisting of three main groups of ruins, and dating between the 9th and 15th centuries a.d."]}]