Zimbabwe
English
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/
- Hyphenation: Zim‧ba‧bwe
Audio (UK) (file)
Proper noun
Zimbabwe
- A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.
Hypernyms
Translations
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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
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Chichewa
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ziˈᵐbá.ɓʷe/
Czech
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
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
Finnish
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtsimbɑbwe/, [ˈts̠imbɑbwe̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑbwe
- Syllabification(key): tsim‧bab‧we
Declension
Inflection of Zimbabwe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Zimbabwe | — | |
genitive | Zimbabwen | — | |
partitive | Zimbabwea | — | |
illative | Zimbabween | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Zimbabwe | — | |
accusative | nom. | Zimbabwe | — |
gen. | Zimbabwen | ||
genitive | Zimbabwen | — | |
partitive | Zimbabwea | — | |
inessive | Zimbabwessa | — | |
elative | Zimbabwesta | — | |
illative | Zimbabween | — | |
adessive | Zimbabwella | — | |
ablative | Zimbabwelta | — | |
allative | Zimbabwelle | — | |
essive | Zimbabwena | — | |
translative | Zimbabweksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Zimbabwetta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe (type nalle) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Zimbabweni | Zimbabwemme |
2nd person | Zimbabwesi | Zimbabwenne |
3rd person | Zimbabwensa |
Hungarian
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzimbɒbvɛ]
- Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we
- Rhymes: -vɛ
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Zimbabwe | — |
accusative | Zimbabwét | — |
dative | Zimbabwénak | — |
instrumental | Zimbabwéval | — |
causal-final | Zimbabwéért | — |
translative | Zimbabwévá | — |
terminative | Zimbabwéig | — |
essive-formal | Zimbabweként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Zimbabwéban | — |
superessive | Zimbabwén | — |
adessive | Zimbabwénál | — |
illative | Zimbabwéba | — |
sublative | Zimbabwéra | — |
allative | Zimbabwéhoz | — |
elative | Zimbabwéból | — |
delative | Zimbabwéról | — |
ablative | Zimbabwétól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Zimbabwéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Zimbabwééi | — |
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Zimbabwém | — |
2nd person sing. | Zimbabwéd | — |
3rd person sing. | Zimbabwéja | — |
1st person plural | Zimbabwénk | — |
2nd person plural | Zimbabwétok | — |
3rd person plural | Zimbabwéjuk | — |
or somewhat less commonly
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Zimbabwe | — |
accusative | Zimbabwét | — |
dative | Zimbabwének | — |
instrumental | Zimbabwével | — |
causal-final | Zimbabwéért | — |
translative | Zimbabwévé | — |
terminative | Zimbabwéig | — |
essive-formal | Zimbabweként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Zimbabwében | — |
superessive | Zimbabwén | — |
adessive | Zimbabwénél | — |
illative | Zimbabwébe | — |
sublative | Zimbabwére | — |
allative | Zimbabwéhez | — |
elative | Zimbabwéből | — |
delative | Zimbabwéről | — |
ablative | Zimbabwétől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Zimbabwéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Zimbabwééi | — |
Possessive forms of Zimbabwe | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Zimbabwém | — |
2nd person sing. | Zimbabwéd | — |
3rd person sing. | Zimbabwéje | — |
1st person plural | Zimbabwénk | — |
2nd person plural | Zimbabwétek | — |
3rd person plural | Zimbabwéjük | — |
Derived terms
- zimbabwei
Italian
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */d͡zimˈba.bwe/, (traditional) */d͡zimˈba.bu.e/[1]
- Rhymes: -abwe, (traditional) -abue
- Hyphenation: Zim‧bàb‧we
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
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 (file) - Rhymes: -abvɛ
- Syllabification: Zim‧bab‧we
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Slovak
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Swahili
Etymology
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
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.