Eswatini

English

Alternative forms

• eSwatini

Etymology

From Swazi eSwatini, the country's native name, declared to also be its official English name on April 19, 2018.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.swɑːˈti.ni/, IPA^(key): /ɛˈswɑː.ti.ni/

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Proper noun

Eswatini

2. A country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland. Official name: Kingdom of Eswatini. Capitals: Mbabane and Lobamba.
   • 2020 May 21, Keoni Everington, “Over 40 Eswatini students duped into skinning chickens in W. Taiwan”, in Taiwan News‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 May 2020, Society‎^[2]:

     Taiwan's ambassador to the Kingdom of Eswatini, Jeremy Liang (梁洪昇), told the paper that he had just been informed of the situation and that "the matter was being looked into." Liang said he had helped the students process their applications to the university and had not been aware of the conditions of the workplace they were to be assigned to.

Synonyms

• Swaziland
• Kingdom of Swaziland
• Kingdom of Eswatini, Kingdom of eSwatini

Derived terms

• Eswatinian

Translations

country in Southern Africa — see also Swaziland

• Afrikaans: Eswatini
• Amharic: ኤስዋቲኒ (ʾeswatini)
• Arabic: إِسْوَاتِينِي‎ f (ʔiswātīnī)
• Armenian: Էսվատինի (Ēsvatini)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܹܣܘܵܬܝܼܢܝܼ‎ f (ēswātīnī)
• Azerbaijani: Esvatini
• Bengali: ইসোয়াতিনি (bn) (iśōẇatini)
• Bulgarian: Есвати́ни (Esvatíni)
• Burmese: အဲ့စ်ဝါတီးနီ (aic.wati:ni)
• Chechen: Эсватини (Esʷatini)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 史瓦帝尼 (zh) (Shǐwǎdìní), 伊斯瓦蒂尼 (Yīsīwǎdìní), 埃斯瓦蒂尼 (Āisīwǎdìní)

• Finnish: Eswatini (fi)
• French: Eswatini (fr)
• German: Eswatini (de) n
• Greek: Εσουατίνι (el) (Esouatíni)
• Hindi: इस्वातिनी (isvātinī)
• Italian: eSwatini
• Japanese: エスワティニ (ja) (Esuwatini)
• Korean: 에스와티니 (ko) (Eseuwatini)
• Latvian: Svatini
• Lithuanian: Esvatinis m
• Macedonian: Есватини (Esvatini)
• Malay: Eswatini (ms)

  Jawi: ايسواتيني‎

• Maltese: Eswatini
• Maori: Ehiwatini
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Eswatini

  Nynorsk: Eswatini

• Ossetian: Эсватини (Èsvatini)
• Portuguese: Essuatíni (pt)
• Romanian: Eswatini
• Russian: Эсвати́ни (ru) f (Esvatíni)
• Serbo-Croatian: Esvatini
• Spanish: Esuatini
• Swahili: Eswatini
• Swazi: eSwatini
• Thai: เอสวาตีนี (és-waa-dtii-nîi)
• Turkish: Esvatini
• Ukrainian: Есваті́ні (Esvatíni)
• Vietnamese: E-soa-ti-ni
• Welsh: Eswatini f
• Yakut: Эсватини (Esvatini)

Further reading

• Eswatini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “eSwatini”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• eSwatini

Etymology

From Swazi eSwatini.

Proper noun

Eswatini

1. Eswatini (a country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland; capitals: Mbabane and Lobamba)

Finnish

Alternative forms

• eSwatini

Etymology

Borrowed from Swazi eSwatini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeswɑtini/, [ˈe̞s̠wɑ̝ˌt̪ini]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Syllabification^(key): Es‧wa‧ti‧ni

Proper noun

Eswatini

1. Eswatini (a country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland)

Usage notes

• 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

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	—
abessive		Eswatinitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Eswatini (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Eswatinini — accusative nom. Eswatinini — gen. Eswatinini genitive Eswatinini — partitive Eswatiniani — inessive Eswatinissani — elative Eswatinistani — illative Eswatiniini — adessive Eswatinillani — ablative Eswatiniltani — allative Eswatinilleni — essive Eswatininani — translative Eswatinikseni — abessive Eswatinittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Eswatinisi — accusative nom. Eswatinisi — gen. Eswatinisi genitive Eswatinisi — partitive Eswatiniasi — inessive Eswatinissasi — elative Eswatinistasi — illative Eswatiniisi — adessive Eswatinillasi — ablative Eswatiniltasi — allative Eswatinillesi — essive Eswatininasi — translative Eswatiniksesi — abessive Eswatinittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Eswatinimme — accusative nom. Eswatinimme — gen. Eswatinimme genitive Eswatinimme — partitive Eswatiniamme — inessive Eswatinissamme — elative Eswatinistamme — illative Eswatiniimme — adessive Eswatinillamme — ablative Eswatiniltamme — allative Eswatinillemme — essive Eswatininamme — translative Eswatiniksemme — abessive Eswatinittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Eswatininne — accusative nom. Eswatininne — gen. Eswatininne genitive Eswatininne — partitive Eswatinianne — inessive Eswatinissanne — elative Eswatinistanne — illative Eswatiniinne — adessive Eswatinillanne — ablative Eswatiniltanne — allative Eswatinillenne — essive Eswatininanne — translative Eswatiniksenne — abessive Eswatinittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Eswatininsa — accusative nom. Eswatininsa — gen. Eswatininsa genitive Eswatininsa — partitive Eswatiniaan Eswatiniansa — inessive Eswatinissaan Eswatinissansa — elative Eswatinistaan Eswatinistansa — illative Eswatiniinsa — adessive Eswatinillaan Eswatinillansa — ablative Eswatiniltaan Eswatiniltansa — allative Eswatinilleen Eswatinillensa — essive Eswatininaan Eswatininansa — translative Eswatinikseen Eswatiniksensa — abessive Eswatinittaan Eswatinittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Swazimaa

Derived terms

• eswatinilainen