Lusaka

See also: Lúsàkǎ

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːˈsɑːkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Lusaka

1. The capital city of Zambia.
   • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 238:

     A Lusaka evening: a purpling sky, woodsmoke from supper fires, mosquitoes singing delirious rounds, the clapping and chanting of a church meeting, the bitter smell of car exhaust.

Translations

capital of Zambia

• Afrikaans: Lusaka
• Arabic: لُوسَاكَا f (lusakā)
• Chichewa: Lusaka
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盧薩卡／卢萨卡 (zh) (Lúsàkǎ)

• Czech: Lusaka (cs) f
• Danish: Lusaka
• Dutch: Lusaka n
• Esperanto: Lusako (eo)
• Finnish: Lusaka (fi)
• French: Lusaka (fr)
• Hebrew: לוסקה
• Japanese: ルサカ (ja) (Rusaka)
• Khmer: លូសាកា (km) (luusaakaa)
• Korean: 루사카 (Rusaka)
• Marathi: लुसाका (lusākā)
• Portuguese: Lusaka (pt) f
• Russian: Луса́ка (ru) f (Lusáka)
• Spanish: Lusaka (es)
• Telugu: లుసాకా (lusākā)
• Ukrainian: Луса́ка f (Lusáka)
• Vietnamese: Lu-xa-ca

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Lusaka

1. Lusaka (the capital city of Zambia)

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽuˈsa.ka/, /ɽuˈsá.ka/

Proper noun

Lusaka or Lusáka

1. Lusaka (a city, the capital city of Zambia)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlusaka]

Proper noun

Lusaka f (related adjective lusacký)

1. Lusaka (the capital city of Zambia)

Declension

Declension of Lusaka (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Lusaka
genitive	Lusaky
dative	Lusace
accusative	Lusaku
vocative	Lusako
locative	Lusace
instrumental	Lusakou

Further reading

• Lusaka in Internetová jazyková příručka

Portuguese

Proper noun

Lusaka f

1. Lusaka (the capital city of Zambia)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlusaka]

Proper noun

Lusaka f (genitive singular Lusaky)

1. Lusaka (the capital of Zambia)

References

• “Lusaka”, 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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈsaka/ [luˈsa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: Lu‧sa‧ka

Proper noun

Lusaka ?

1. Lusaka (the capital of Zambia)