Mpumalanga
English
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Etymology
[edit]From a Nguni language term for “east” or “place where the sun rises”. Compare Xhosa impumalanga, Zulu impumalanga, Southern Ndebele mpumalanga and Swazi mpumalanga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Mpumalanga
- A province in northeastern South Africa, which formed part of Transvaal province until 1994.
Translations
[edit]province of South Africa
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Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Xhosa impumalanga, Zulu impumalanga, Southern Ndebele mpumalanga and Swazi mpumalanga (“east; place where the sun rises”).
Proper noun
[edit]Mpumalanga
- Mpumalanga (a province of South Africa; capital: Mbombela)
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- English terms borrowed from Nguni languages
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- English 5-syllable words
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- en:Mpumalanga, South Africa
- en:Provinces of South Africa
- en:Places in South Africa
- Afrikaans terms borrowed from Xhosa
- Afrikaans terms derived from Xhosa
- Afrikaans terms borrowed from Zulu
- Afrikaans terms derived from Zulu
- Afrikaans terms borrowed from Southern Ndebele
- Afrikaans terms derived from Southern Ndebele
- Afrikaans terms borrowed from Swazi
- Afrikaans terms derived from Swazi
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Mpumalanga, South Africa
- af:Provinces of South Africa
- af:Places in South Africa