Harare

English

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Shona word Haarare (literally “it doesn't sleep”) in the local dialect or Haarari in others. It is the name given to places with constant noise, such as waterfalls or places constantly occupied by wild game. Haarare was the name of the region which contained the spot where Fort Salisbury was built by the Rhodesian Pioneer Column. The city grew into the colonial capital, Salisbury.

During the colonial era one of several African townships was called Harare Township. The second "a" may have been dropped by the Europeans through mispronunciation or by the Africans themselves through extensive usage. Upon independence Salisbury was renamed Harare from the original "Haarare" again dropping the second "a".

Proper noun

Harare

1. The capital of Zimbabwe, previously named Salisbury.

Translations

capital of Zimbabwe

• Arabic: هَرَارِي m (harārī)
• Chichewa: Harare
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈拉雷 (zh) (Hālāléi)

• Danish: Harare
• Esperanto: Harareo (eo)
• French: Hararé (fr) m
• Hindi: हरारे (harāre)
• Japanese: ハラレ (Harare)
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• Korean: 하라레 (Harare)
• Lithuanian: Hararė f
• Marathi: हरारे (harāre)
• Portuguese: Harare (pt) f
• Russian: Хара́ре (ru) m (Xarárɛ)
• Spanish: Harare (es)
• Telugu: హరారే (harārē)

Anagrams

• arrhae

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Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈɽa.ɽe/, /haˈɽá.ɽe/

Proper noun

Harare^? or Harare^?

1. Harare (a city, the capital city of Zimbabwe)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Harare f

1. Harare (the capital of Zimbabwe)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Harare ?

1. Harare (the capital of Zimbabwe)