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.
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Eswatini
- 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.
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Translations[edit]
country in Southern Africa — see also Swaziland
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References[edit]
- ^ “Eswatini” (US) / “Eswatini” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- ^ “Eswatini”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “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, 2019–2022.
Afrikaans[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
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Eswatini
- Eswatini (a country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland; capitals: Mbabane and Lobamba)
Finnish[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Eswatini
- Eswatini (a country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland)
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) | ||||
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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. |
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Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Swazi
- English terms derived from Swazi
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Eswatini
- en:Countries in Africa
- en:Countries
- English terms with quotations
- Afrikaans terms borrowed from Swazi
- Afrikaans terms derived from Swazi
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Eswatini
- af:Countries in Africa
- af:Countries
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swazi
- Finnish terms derived from Swazi
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ini
- Rhymes:Finnish/ini/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with W
- fi:Eswatini
- fi:Countries in Africa
- fi:Countries
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns