Zulu

== Translingual == === Alternative forms === zulu, ZULU === Etymology === Borrowed from English Zulu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈzulu] === Noun === Zulu (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter Z. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter Z. (time zone) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+00:00) ==== Translations ==== === References === == English == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) Zooloo, (obsolete) Zoolu === Etymology === Derived from Zulu uḿZulu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzuːluː/ Rhymes: -uːluː === Noun === Zulu (countable and uncountable, plural Zulu or Zulus) A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa. (UK, slang, dated, ethnic slur) Any black person. Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time. ==== Hypernyms ==== (member of the Zulu people): human, individual (Zulu time): time zone ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Zulu The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu. Synonym: isiZulu ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Zulu (not comparable) Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Zulu terms Appendix:Zulu Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Zulu ISO 639-1 code zu, ISO 639-3 code zul (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Zulu, zul ⁠ === References === (black person): Tony Thorne (2014), “Zulu”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London; […]: Bloomsbury == Chichewa == === Etymology === From Ngoni; compare Zulu umZulu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzú.ɽu/ === Proper noun === Zúlu a surname from Ngoni ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Zulu was the 4th most common surname in Zambia (212 468 persons = 1.4 percent of the population) and the 53rd most common surname in Malawi (23227 persons = 0.1 percent of the population). == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzulu/ Homophone: Zoeloe === Noun === Zulu ? (plural Zulu's, no diminutive) (law enforcement, slang) police helicopter Synonym: politiehelikopter