Durban

English

Etymology

From D'Urban, from French d'Urbain, from Urbain, from Latin Urbanus, from urbanis, from urbs.

• The city in South Africa is named after Benjamin D'Urban.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɜː.bən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɝ.bən/
• (General South African) IPA^(key): /ˈdøːbən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən

Proper noun

Durban (countable and uncountable, plural Durbans)

1. A city and seaport in KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa.
   • 2024 May 30, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Another ANC splinter party, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), led by former President Jacob Zuma appears to be on course to do well in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern coastal province where Durban is located.

2. (countable) A surname.

   Synonyms: D'Urban, d'Urban, dUrban

Derived terms

• Durbanite
• Durban poison

Translations

city in South Africa

• Afrikaans: Durban
• Armenian: Դուրբան (hy) (Durban)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 德班 (zh) (Débān)

• French: Durban (fr)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ダーバン (Dāban)
• Korean: 더반 (Deoban)
• Malayalam: ഡർബൻ (ḍaṟbaṉ)
• Portuguese: Durban f
• Russian: Ду́рбан m (Dúrban)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Дурбан m

  Latin: Durban m

• Tamil: டர்பன் (ṭarpaṉ)
• Zulu: eThekwini

Anagrams

• dun-bar, unbra'd, bundar, Dunbar, Braund

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Durban

1. Durban (a city in South Africa)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Durban, after Sir Benjamin D'Urban.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /duʁ.ˈbɐ̃/

Proper noun

Durban ?

1. Durban (a city in South Africa)

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Durban m inan (Cyrillic spelling Дурбан)

1. Durban (a city in South Africa)