Zanzibar

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English

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Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Persian زنگبار (zangibār), literally meaning “black-skinned coast”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Zanzibar

  2. An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.
  3. (historical) A former sultanate in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean, which merged with Tanganyika in 1963 to form Tanzania.

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Proper noun

Zanzibar m inan (related adjective zanzibarský, demonym Zanzibarec)

  1. Zanzibar

Declension

Declension of Zanzibar (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Zanzibar
genitive Zanzibaru
dative Zanzibaru
accusative Zanzibar
vocative Zanzibare
locative Zanzibaru
instrumental Zanzibarem

Further reading

  • “Zanzibar”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “Zanzibar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɑn.ziˌbɑr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Zan‧zi‧bar

Proper noun

Zanzibar n

  1. Zanzibar

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zan.d͡zi.bar/, (traditional) */d͡zan.d͡ziˈbar/[1]
  • Rhymes: -andzibar, (traditional) -ar
  • Hyphenation: Zàn‧zi‧bar, (traditional) Zan‧zi‧bàr

Proper noun

Zanzibar f

  1. Zanzibar

References

  1. ^ Zanzibar in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

Zanzibar

  1. Zanzibar

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

Zanzibar

  1. Zanzibar

Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zanˈzi.bar/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibar
  • Syllabification: Zan‧zi‧bar

Proper noun

Zanzibar m

  1. Zanzibar

Declension

Declension of Zanzibar
singular
nominative Zanzibar
genitive Zanzibaru
dative Zanzibarowi
accusative Zanzibar
instrumental Zanzibarem
locative Zanzibarze
vocative Zanzibarze

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: Zan‧zi‧bar

Proper noun

Zanzibar

  1. Zanzibar (an island off the coast of Tanzania)
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