Zimbabwe

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Zimbabwe

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“houses of stones”) (see imba (“house”), ibwe (“stone”)), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: Zim‧ba‧bwe

  • Audio (Southern England)

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Proper noun

Zimbabwe

2. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Zimbabwe

Wikipedia ^af

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Harare)

Derived terms

• Zimbabwiër
• Zimbabwies

Chichewa

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziˈᵐbá.ɓʷe/

Proper noun

Zimbábwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Zimbabwe

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (indeclinable, related adjective zimbabwský, demonym Zimbabwan)

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Further reading

• Zimbabwe in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌzɪmˈbɑp.ʋə/, /ˌzɪmˈbɑ.bʋə/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• Zimbabwaan

Finnish

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsimbɑbwe/,
• Rhymes: -ɑbwe
• Syllabification^(key): tsim‧bab‧we

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

   Zimbabwen tasavalta ― Republic of Zimbabwe

Declension

Derived terms

• adjectives: zimbabwelainen
• nouns: zimbabwelainen

Hungarian

 Zimbabwe on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we
• Rhymes: -vɛ

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

or somewhat less commonly

Derived terms

• zimbabwei

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Zimbabwe

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/d͡zimˈba.bwe/, (traditional) ^*/d͡zimˈba.bu.e/
• Rhymes: -abwe, (traditional) -abue
• Hyphenation: Zim‧bàb‧we

Proper noun

Zimbabwe m

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• zimbabwiano

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Zimbabwe

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• zimbabwer
• zimbabwisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Zimbabwe

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• zimbabwar
• zimbabwisk

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zimˈbab.vɛ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -abvɛ
• Syllabification: Zim‧bab‧we

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (indeclinable)

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Further reading

• Zimbabwe in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Proper noun

Zimbabwe m

1. Alternative form of Zimbabué: Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Shona

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z̤i.ᵐba.bwe/

Proper noun

Zimbábwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Zimbabwe

Wikipedia ^sk

Etymology

Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (genitive singular Zimbabwe)

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

References

• “Zimbabwe”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swahili

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Swedish

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (genitive Zimbabwes)

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• zimbabwier
• zimbabwisk
• zimbabwiska

Tsonga

Noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)