Zambia

See also: Zámbia and Zâmbia

English

Etymology

From "Zambezi". See Zambezi at Wikipedia.

Proper noun

Zambia

2. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zambia. Formerly called Northern Rhodesia.

Holonyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Zambian

Translations

country in Southern Africa

• Afrikaans: Zambië (af)
• Amharic: ዛምቢያ (zambiya)
• Arabic: زَامْبِيَا (ar) f (zambiyā)
• Armenian: Զամբիա (hy) (Zambia)
• Belarusian: За́мбія f (Zámbija)
• Bengali: জাম্বিয়া (jambiẏa)
• Breton: Zambia
• Bulgarian: За́мбия f (Zámbija)
• Burmese: ဇမ်ဘီယာ (jambhiya)
• Chichewa: Zambia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 贊比亞／赞比亚 (zh) (Zànbǐyà), 赞比亚 (zh) (Zànbǐyà)

• Czech: Zambie (cs) f
• Danish: Zambia
• Dutch: Zambia (nl)
• Esperanto: Zambio (eo)
• Faroese: Sambia n
• Finnish: Sambia (fi)
• French: Zambie (fr) f
• Georgian: ზამბია (zambia)
• German: Sambia (de) n
• Greek: Ζάμπια (el) f (Zámpia)
• Hausa: Zambiya
• Hindi: ज़ाम्बिया (hi) (zāmbiyā)
• Hungarian: Zambia (hu)
• Irish: an tSaimbia f
• Italian: Zambia (it) m
• Japanese: ザンビア (ja) (Zanbia)
• Kalenjin: Zambia
• Kamba: Zambia
• Kazakh: Замбия (Zambiä)
• Khmer: ហ្សំប៊ី (km) (zɑmbii)
• Kikuyu: Zambia
• Korean: 잠비아 (Jambia)
• Kyrgyz: Замбия (ky) (Zambiya)
• Luhya: Zambia
• Luo: Zambia
• Macedonian: За́мбија (mk) f (Zámbija)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maltese: iż-Żambja
• Maori: Tāmipia
• Meru: Zambia
• Mongolian: Замби (Zambi)
• Norman: Zambia (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Zambia (no)

  Nynorsk: Zambia (nn)

• Persian: زامبیا (zâmbiyâ)
• Polish: Zambia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Zâmbia (pt) f
• Romanian: Zambia (ro) f
• Russian: За́мбия (ru) f (Zámbija)
• Scots: Zambie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Замбија f

  Roman: Zambija (sh) f

• Sinhalese: සැම්බියා (sæmbiyā)
• Slovak: Zambia f
• Slovene: Zámbija (sl) f
• Spanish: Zambia (es) f
• Swahili: Zambia (sw)
• Swedish: Zambia (sv)
• Tagalog: Sambiya
• Tajik: Замбия (Zambiya)
• Telugu: జాంబియా (te) (jāmbiyā)
• Thai: แซมเบีย (th) (sɛɛm-biia)
• Tibetan: ཛམ་བི་ཡ (dzam bi ya)
• Tigrinya: ዛምቢያ (zambiya)
• Turkish: Zambiya (tr)
• Ukrainian: За́мбія (uk) f (Zámbija)
• Urdu: زامبیا (zāmbiyā)
• Uyghur: زامبىيە (zambiye)
• Uzbek: Zambiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Dăm-bi-a
• Yoruba: Şamibia

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, 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 ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Chichewa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /záˈᵐbi.a/

Proper noun

Zambia^?

1. Zambia (a country in Africa)

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Danish

Proper noun

Zambia

1. Zambia

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɒmbijɒ]
• Hyphenation: Zam‧bia

Proper noun

Zambia

1. Zambia

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Zambia	Zambiák
accusative	Zambiát	Zambiákat
dative	Zambiának	Zambiáknak
instrumental	Zambiával	Zambiákkal
causal-final	Zambiáért	Zambiákért
translative	Zambiává	Zambiákká
terminative	Zambiáig	Zambiákig
essive-formal	Zambiaként	Zambiákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Zambiában	Zambiákban
superessive	Zambián	Zambiákon
adessive	Zambiánál	Zambiáknál
illative	Zambiába	Zambiákba
sublative	Zambiára	Zambiákra
allative	Zambiához	Zambiákhoz
elative	Zambiából	Zambiákból
delative	Zambiáról	Zambiákról
ablative	Zambiától	Zambiáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Zambiáé	Zambiáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Zambiáéi	Zambiákéi

Possessive forms of Zambia
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Zambiám	Zambiáim
2nd person sing.	Zambiád	Zambiáid
3rd person sing.	Zambiája	Zambiái
1st person plural	Zambiánk	Zambiáink
2nd person plural	Zambiátok	Zambiáitok
3rd person plural	Zambiájuk	Zambiáik

Derived terms

• zambiai

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ambja

Proper noun

Zambia m

1. Zambia

Derived terms

• zambiano

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈzam.bi.a/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ämbiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zam.bi.a/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ämbiä]

Proper noun

Zambia f sg (genitive Zambiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Zambia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Zambia
Genitive	Zambiae
Dative	Zambiae
Accusative	Zambiam
Ablative	Zambiā
Vocative	Zambia

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Zambia

1. Zambia

Related terms

• zambier
• zambisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Zambia

1. Zambia

Related terms

• zambiar
• zambisk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzam.bja/

• audio:

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Proper noun

Zambia f

1. Zambia

Declension

Declension of Zambia

	singular
nominative	Zambia
genitive	Zambii
dative	Zambii
accusative	Zambię
instrumental	Zambią
locative	Zambii
vocative	Zambio

Derived terms

• (nouns) Zambijczyk m, Zambijka f
• (adjective) zambijski

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθambja/ [ˈθãm.bja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsambja/ [ˈsãm.bja]

Proper noun

Zambia f

1. Zambia

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Swahili

Proper noun

Zambia

1. Zambia (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

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

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Swedish

Proper noun

Zambia n (genitive Zambias)

1. Zambia