Tanzania

See also: Tanzánia, Tanzânia, and Tanzània

English

Tanzania

Etymology

Blend of Tanganyika +‎ Zanzibar + -ia, combining the names of the former countries that merged to form Tanzania in 1964.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌtæn.zəˈniːə/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˌtɐn.zɐnˈjɐ/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Tanzania

2. A country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.
   • 2025 April 24, Sammi Awami, “Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Translations

United Republic of Tanzania

• Afrikaans: Tanzanië (af)
• Albanian: Tanzani f (indefinite), Tanzania (sq) f
• Alemannic German: Tansania
• Amharic: ታንዛኒያ (tanzaniya)
• Arabic: تَنْزَانْيَا f (tanzānyā)
• Aragonese: Tanzania f
• Armenian: Թանզանիա (Tʻanzania), Տանզանիա (Tanzania)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܲܢܙܵܢܝܼܵܐ f (ṭanzānīyā)
• Asturian: Tanzania (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Tanzaniya (az)
• Bambara: Tanzania
• Basque: Tanzania
• Belarusian: Танза́нія f (Tanzánija)
• Bengali: তানজানিয়া (bn) (tanjaniẏa)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: তাঞ্জানিয়া
• Breton: Tanzania
• Bulgarian: Танза́ния f (Tanzánija)
• Burmese: တန်ဇေးနီးယား (tanje:ni:ya:)
• Catalan: Tanzània (ca) f
• Cebuano: Tanzania
• Chichewa: Tanzania
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坦桑尼亞 / 坦桑尼亚 (zh) (Tǎnsāngníyà)

• Cornish: Tanzania
• Crimean Tatar: Tanzaniya
• Czech: Tanzanie (cs) f, Tanzánie (cs) f
• Danish: Tanzania
• Dhivehi: ޓެންޒޭނިއާ (ṭen̊zēniā)
• Dinka: Tanzania
• Dutch: Tanzania (nl) n
• Esperanto: Tanzanio (eo)
• Estonian: Tansaania (et)
• Faroese: Tansania n
• Finnish: Tansania (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Tanzanie f
• French: Tanzanie (fr) f
• Galician: Tanzania (gl) f
• Georgian: ტანზანია (ka) (ṭanzania)
• German: Tansania (de) n
• Greek: Τανζανία (el) f (Tanzanía)
• Gujarati: ટાન્ઝાનિયા m (ṭānjhāniyā)
• Haitian Creole: Tanzani
• Hebrew: טנזניה f (tanzanya)
• Hindi: तंज़ानिया (hi) (tanzāniyā), तंजानिया (tañjāniyā), तञ्ज़ानिया (hi) m (tanzāniyā), टंजानिया m (ṭañjāniyā), तांज़ानिया m (tānzāniyā), तांजानिया m (tāñjāniyā)
• Hungarian: Tanzánia (hu)
• Icelandic: Tansanía (is) f
• Ido: Tanzania (io)
• Ilocano: Tanzania
• Indonesian: Tanzania (id)
• Interlingua: Tanzania
• Irish: An Tansáin f
• Italian: Tanzania (it) f
• Japanese: タンザニア (ja) (Tanzania)
• Javanese: Tanzania
• Kalenjin: Tanzania
• Kamba: Tanzania
• Kapampangan: Tanzania
• Kashmiri: टंजानिया (ṭaṃjāniyā)
• Kazakh: Танзания (kk) (Tanzaniä)
• Khmer: តង់ហ្សានី (tɑngzaanii)
• Kikuyu: Tanzania
• Korean: 탄자니아 (ko) (Tanjania)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Tanzanya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Танзания (ky) (Tanzaniya)
• Lao: ຕັງຊານີ (tang sā nī)
• Latin: Tanzania f
• Latvian: Tanzānija f
• Ligurian: Tanzania
• Lingala: Tanzania
• Lithuanian: Tanzanija (lt) f
• Low German: Tansania (nds)
• Luhya: Tanzania
• Luo: Tanzania
• Luxembourgish: Tansania
• Macedonian: Танзанија f (Tanzanija)
• Malay: Tanzania (ms)
• Malayalam: ടാന്സാനിയ (ṭānsāniya)
• Maltese: it-Tanżanija f
• Manx: Tanzania
• Maori: Tānahia
• Marathi: टांझानिया (ṭāñjhāniyā)
• Meru: Tanzania
• Mongolian: Танзани (Tanzani)
• Nahuatl: Tanzantlān
• Navajo: Beʼekʼid Honeezítsoh Bibąąhgi Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah
• Norman: Tanzania
• Northern Sami: Tanzánia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Tanzania (no)

  Nynorsk: Tanzania (nn)

• Occitan: Tanzania (oc) f
• Oromo: Taanzaaniyaa (om)
• Pashto: تانزانيه
• Persian: تانزانیا (tânzâniyâ)
• Piedmontese: Tanzanìa f
• Polish: Tanzania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Tanzânia (pt) f
• Quechua: Tansanya
• Romanian: Tanzania (ro) f
• Romansch: Tansania f
• Russian: Танза́ния (ru) f (Tanzánija)
• Rwanda-Rundi: Tanzaniya
• Samogitian: Tanzanėjė
• Sanskrit: टंजानिया (ṭaṃjāniyā)
• Sardinian: Tanzània f
• Scots: Tanzanie
• Scottish Gaelic: Tansainìa
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Танзанија f

  Roman: Tanzanija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Tanzania f
• Silesian: Tanzańijo
• Sinhalese: ටැන්‍සානියාව (ṭænsāniyāwa)
• Slovak: Tanzánia f
• Slovene: Tanzánija (sl) f
• Somali: Tansaaniya
• Spanish: Tanzania (es) f
• Sundanese: Tanzania
• Swahili: Tanzania (sw)
• Swedish: Tanzania (sv)
• Tagalog: Tanzania (tl)
• Tajik: Танзания (tg) (Tanzaniya)
• Tamil: தான்சானியா (tāṉcāṉiyā)
• Thai: แทนซาเนีย (th) (tɛɛn-saa-niia)
• Tigrinya: ታንዛኒያ (tanzaniya)
• Turkish: Tanzanya (tr)
• Turkmen: Tanzaniýa
• Ukrainian: Танза́нія (uk) f (Tanzánija)
• Upper Sorbian: Tansania f
• Urdu: تنزانیہ
• Uyghur: تانزانىيە (tanzaniye)
• Uzbek: Tanzaniya (uz)
• Venetan: Tanzania f
• Vietnamese: Tan-da-ni-a
• Volapük: Tansanän
• Welsh: Tanzania
• West Frisian: Tanzania
• Wolof: Tansani
• Yiddish: טאַנזאַניע (tanzanye)
• Yoruba: Tanzania, Tànsáníà

See also

• Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Western Sahara
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

• Tanzania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tanzania

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tanzania

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ⁿzáˈni.a/

Proper noun

Tanzánia

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Danish

Proper noun

Tanzania

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

• tanzanier
• tanzaniansk

Dinka

Alternative forms

• Tandhania

Etymology

From English Tanzania.

Proper noun

Tanzania

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Galician

Proper noun

Tanzania f

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• tanzano

Italian

Proper noun

Tanzania f

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

• tanzaniano

Latin

Etymology

Internationalism. Blend of Tānganīca +‎ Zānzibār +‎ -ia if analysed syncretically.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [taːnˈzaː.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [tanˈd͡zaː.ni.a]

Proper noun

Tānzānia f sg (genitive Tānzāniae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tānzānia
genitive	Tānzāniae
dative	Tānzāniae
accusative	Tānzāniam
ablative	Tānzāniā
vocative	Tānzānia

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tansaˈnia/

Proper noun

Tanzania

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• tanzanianer, tanzanier
• tanzaniansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tansaˈnia/

Proper noun

Tanzania

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• tanzanianar, tanzaniar
• tanzaniansk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tanˈzaɲ.ja/

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -aɲja
• Syllabification: Tan‧zan‧ia

Proper noun

Tanzania f (related adjective tanzański)

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Declension of Tanzania

	singular
nominative	Tanzania
genitive	Tanzanii
dative	Tanzanii
accusative	Tanzanię
instrumental	Tanzanią
locative	Tanzanii
vocative	Tanzanio

Derived terms

nouns

• Tanzanka
• Tanzańczyk

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

• Algieria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Czad
• Demokratyczna Republika Konga
• Dżibuti
• Egipt
• Erytrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gwinea
• Gwinea Bissau
• Gwinea Równikowa
• Kamerun
• Kenia
• Komory
• Kongo
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauretania
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Południowa Afryka
• Republika Środkowoafrykańska
• Republika Zielonego Przylądka
• Rwanda
• Sahara Zachodnia
• Senegal
• Seszele
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Południowy
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunezja
• Uganda
• Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
• Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Tanzania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Tan‧za‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Tanzania f

1. (Mozambique) alternative form of Tanzânia: Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tanˈθanja/ [t̪ãn̟ˈθa.nja] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /tanˈsanja/ [t̪ãnˈsa.nja] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -anja
• Syllabification: Tan‧za‧nia

Proper noun

Tanzania f

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Swahili

Bendera ya Tanzania

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Tanzania

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

   Synonym: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Kusini
• Algeria ~ Aljeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Chad ~ Chadi
• Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
• Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
• Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
• Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
• Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
• Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
• Jibuti ~ Djibouti
• Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
• Kenya
• Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaska, Bukini
• Malawi, Unyasa
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mayotte
• Misri, Umisri
• Morisi
• Moroko ~ Maroko
• Msumbiji, Mozambik
• Mtakatifu Helena
• Namibia
• Niger ~ Nijeri
• Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
• Rwanda ~ Ruanda
• Réunion
• Sahara ya Magharibi
• Sao Tome na Principe
• Senegal ~ Senegali
• Shelisheli
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Kusini
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Uswazi, Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Tanzania n (genitive Tanzanias)

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• tanzanier
• tanzanisk
• tanzaniska

See also

countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

• Algeriet
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Centralafrikanska republiken
• Demokratiska republiken Kongo
• Djibouti
• Egypten
• Ekvatorialguinea
• Elfenbenskusten
• Eritrea
• Etiopien
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenya
• Komorerna
• Kongo-Brazzaville
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marocko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Moçambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• São Tomé och Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychellerna
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Sydafrika
• Sydsudan
• Tanzania
• Tchad
• Togo
• Tunisien
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Tanzania in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH