Eswatini
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swazi eSwatini, the country's native name, declared to also be its official English name on April 19, 2018.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Eswatini
- Swaziland, a country in Southern Africa, officially called the Kingdom of Eswatini.
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Translations[edit]
country in Southern Africa — See also translations at Swaziland
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References[edit]
- ^ “Eswatini” (US) / “Eswatini” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- ^ “Eswatini”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- ^ “eSwatini”, in Collins English Dictionary. (using the older British transcription of a final /i/ sound as /ɪ/)
Further reading[edit]
Eswatini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “eSwatini”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Eswatini
- Eswatini (country in southern Africa)
Usage notes[edit]
- The country changed its English name from Swaziland to eSwatini in 2018. In many other languages, including Finnish, the initial "e" is capitalized instead of the "S".
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of Eswatini (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Eswatini | — | |
| genitive | Eswatinin | — | |
| partitive | Eswatinia | — | |
| illative | Eswatiniin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Eswatini | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Eswatini | — |
| gen. | Eswatinin | ||
| genitive | Eswatinin | — | |
| partitive | Eswatinia | — | |
| inessive | Eswatinissa | — | |
| elative | Eswatinista | — | |
| illative | Eswatiniin | — | |
| adessive | Eswatinilla | — | |
| ablative | Eswatinilta | — | |
| allative | Eswatinille | — | |
| essive | Eswatinina | — | |
| translative | Eswatiniksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Eswatinitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Eswatini (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Eswatinini | Eswatinimme |
| 2nd person | Eswatinisi | Eswatininne |
| 3rd person | Eswatininsa | |
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- English terms derived from Swazi
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Countries in Africa
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Swazi
- Finnish terms derived from Swazi
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns