Zimbabwe

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

• IPA^(key): /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/

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• Hyphenation: Zim‧ba‧bwe

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Zimbabwe

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

• Subsahara

• 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]}

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

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Zimbabwe

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

• Zimbabwiër
• Zimbabwies

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

• IPA^(key): /ziˈᵐbá.ɓʷe/

Zimbábwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɪmbabvɛ]

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

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

• Zimbabwe in Internetová jazyková příručka

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

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

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• Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we

Zimbabwe n

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

• Zimbabwaan

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsimbɑbwe/, [ˈts̠imbɑ̝bwe̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑbwe
• Syllabification^(key): Zim‧bab‧we

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

   Zimbabwen tasavalta ― Republic of Zimbabwe

• adjectives: zimbabwelainen
• nouns: zimbabwelainen

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

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

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

or somewhat less commonly

• zimbabwei

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

• IPA^(key): ^*/d͡zimˈba.bwe/, (traditional) ^*/d͡zimˈba.bu.e/[1]
• Rhymes: -abwe, (traditional) -abue
• Hyphenation: Zim‧bàb‧we

Zimbabwe m

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

• zimbabwiano

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

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

• zimbabwer
• zimbabwisk

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

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

• zimbabwar
• zimbabwisk

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

• IPA^(key): /zimˈbab.vɛ/

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

Zimbabwe n (indeclinable)

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

• Zimbabwe in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

Zimbabwe m

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

• IPA^(key): /z̤i.ᵐba.bwe/

Zimbábwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

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

Zimbabwe n (genitive singular Zimbabwe)

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

• “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

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

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Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

• (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]}

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

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Zimbabwe n (genitive Zimbabwes)

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

• zimbabwier
• zimbabwisk
• zimbabwiska

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)