Zimbabwe en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /zəmˈbɐːbwæɪ/ (New-Zealand)
- /zɪmˈbaːbweː/ (Wales)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /zɪmˈbɑbweɪ/ (General-American)
- /zɪmˈbɑːbwɛj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /zɪmˈbabwe/ (Scotland)
- /zɪmˈbɐːbwæɪ/ (Australia)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mbá Shona imbá Proto-Bantu *ìbʊ̀è Shona ibwe Shona dzimba-dze-mabweder. English Zimbabwe From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“houses of stones”) (see imba (“house”), ibwe (“stone”)), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Meanings
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A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.
According to Ncube, the MDC believed, from 2000, that Britain's interest in Zimbabwe had more to do with concern for white farmers than black Zimbabweans.
2009 June 17, Blessing-Miles Tendi, “Tsvangirai's dicey strategy”, in The Guardian:
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Translations (113)
ki Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · id Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · pt Zimbabué (Republic of Zimbabwe) · fa زیمبابوه (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ban Zimbabwé (Republic of Zimbabwe) · sn Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ky Зимбабве (Republic of Zimbabwe) · kln Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · yo Sìǹbábúwè (Republic of Zimbabwe) · he זימבבואה (Republic of Zimbabwe) · pl Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · cmn 津巴布韋 /津巴布韦 (Republic of Zimbabwe) · cs Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ga Poblacht na Siombáibe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ban Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · chr ᏏᎻᏆᏇ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · az Zimbabve (Republic of Zimbabwe) · kk Зимбабве (Republic of Zimbabwe) · cmn 辛巴威 (Republic of Zimbabwe) · sq Zimbabveja (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ta ஜிம்பாப்வே (Republic of Zimbabwe) · luo Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · mt iż-Żimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ny Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · km ស៊ីមបាវ៉េ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ka ზიმბაბვე (Republic of Zimbabwe) · my ဇင်ဘာဘွေ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · sl Zimbabve (Republic of Zimbabwe) · si සිම්බාබ්වේ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ca Zimbàbue (Republic of Zimbabwe) · sk Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ug زىمبابۋې (Republic of Zimbabwe) · yue 津巴布韋 /津巴布韦 (Republic of Zimbabwe) · de Simbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · su Zimbabwé (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ro Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · io Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ti ዚምባብዌ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · fy Simbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · hu Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · sh Зимбабве (Republic of Zimbabwe) · sv Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · af Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · tr Zimbabve (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ast Zimbabue (Republic of Zimbabwe) · hi ज़िम्बाब्वे (Republic of Zimbabwe) · mn Зимбабве (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ko 짐바브웨 (Republic of Zimbabwe) · aii ܙܝܼܡܒܵܒܘܹܐ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · bo ཛིམ་བབ་ཝི། (Republic of Zimbabwe) · nv Tsé Bee Bighan Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah (Republic of Zimbabwe) · jv Zimbabwé (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ps زېمبابوې (Republic of Zimbabwe) · th ซิมบับเว (Republic of Zimbabwe) · be Зімба́бвэ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · tt Зимбабве (Republic of Zimbabwe) · nb Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · tk Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · lt Zimbabvė (Republic of Zimbabwe) · bn জিম্বাবুয়ে (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ur زمبابوے (Republic of Zimbabwe) · dv ޒިމްބާބުވޭ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · nan 津巴布韋 /津巴布韦 (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ms Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · et Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ia Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · es Zimbabue (Republic of Zimbabwe) · tg Зимбабве (Republic of Zimbabwe) · br Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · am ዚምባብዌ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · fr Zimbabwé (Republic of Zimbabwe) · lv Zimbabve (Republic of Zimbabwe) · bg Зимба́бве (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ru Зимба́бве (Republic of Zimbabwe) · nn Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · uk Зімба́бве (Republic of Zimbabwe) · eo Zimbabvo (Republic of Zimbabwe) · dz ཛིམ་བབ་ཝེ་ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · hy Զիմբաբվե (Republic of Zimbabwe) · it Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · lo ຊິມບັບເວ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · mer Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ga An tSiombáib (Republic of Zimbabwe) · fi Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · sh Zimbabve (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ja ジンバブエ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ha Zimbabuwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · mk Зимба́бве (Republic of Zimbabwe) · uz Zimbabve (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ar زِيمْبَابْوِي (Republic of Zimbabwe) · yi זימבאַבווע (Republic of Zimbabwe) · kam Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · te జింబాబ్వే (Republic of Zimbabwe) · is Simbabve (Republic of Zimbabwe) · luy Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · da Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · bew Jimbabwé (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ml സിംബാബ്വെ (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ab Зимбабве (Republic of Zimbabwe) · vi Dim-ba-bu-ê (Republic of Zimbabwe) · fr Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · pt Zimbábue (Republic of Zimbabwe) · mi Timuwawe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · fo Simbabvi (Republic of Zimbabwe) · el Ζιμπάμπουε (Republic of Zimbabwe) · tl Simbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · pt Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · nrf Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · nan 辛巴威 (Republic of Zimbabwe) · nl Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · sw Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) · co Zimbabue (Republic of Zimbabwe) · ta சிம்பாப்வே (Republic of Zimbabwe)