Zimbabwe

== English == === Etymology === From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“houses of stones”) (see imba (“house”), ibwe (“stone”)), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /zɪmˈbɑːbwɛj/ (General American) IPA(key): /zɪmˈbɑbweɪ/ (Australia) IPA(key): /zɪmˈbɐːbwæɪ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /zəmˈbɐːbwæɪ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /zɪmˈbabwe/ (Wales) IPA(key): /zɪmˈbaːbweː/ Hyphenation: Zim‧ba‧bwe === Proper noun === Zimbabwe 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 == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) == Czech == === Etymology === Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈzɪmbabvɛ] === Proper noun === Zimbabwe n (indeclinable, relational adjective zimbabwský, demonym Zimbabwan) Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) === Further reading === “Zimbabwe”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Etymology === From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌzɪmˈbɑp.ʋə/, /ˌzɪmˈbɑ.bʋə/ Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we === Proper noun === Zimbabwe n Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== Zimbabwaan == Finnish == === Etymology === From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtsimbɑbwe/, [ˈts̠imbɑ̝bwe̞] Rhymes: -imbɑbwe Syllabification(key): Zim‧bab‧we Hyphenation(key): Zim‧bab‧we === Proper noun === Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) Zimbabwen tasavalta ― Republic of Zimbabwe ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== adjectives: zimbabwelainen nouns: zimbabwelainen == 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 === Proper noun === Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) ==== Declension ==== or somewhat less commonly ==== Derived terms ==== zimbabwei === See also === == Indonesian == === Etymology === Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /zimˈbabwe/ [zimˈbap̚.we] Rhymes: -abwe Syllabification: Zim‧bab‧we === Proper noun === Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) === See also === === Further reading === “Zimbabwe”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === 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 Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== zimbabwiano === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Proper noun === Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) ==== Related terms ==== zimbabwer zimbabwisk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Proper noun === Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) ==== Related terms ==== zimbabwar zimbabwisk == Polish == === Etymology === Orthographic borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /zimˈba.bvɛ/ Rhymes: -abvɛ Syllabification: Zim‧bab‧we === Proper noun === Zimbabwe n (indeclinable, related adjective zimbabwejski or zimbabweński) Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “Zimbabwe”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Proper noun === Zimbabwe m alternative form of Zimbabué: Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) == Shona == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /z̤i.ᵐba.bwe/ === Proper noun === Zimbábwe Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) == Slovak == === Etymology === Derived from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Proper noun === Zimbabwe n (genitive singular Zimbabwe) 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, 2003–2026 == Swahili == === Etymology === From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) === See also === == Swedish == === Etymology === From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Zimbabwe n (genitive Zimbabwes) Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa) ==== Related terms ==== zimbabwier zimbabwisk zimbabwiska ==== See also ==== === References === “Zimbabwe”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH == Tsonga == === Noun === Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)