Zambian

See also: zambian

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Zambia

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Zambian

From Zambia + -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzæmbi.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Zambian (plural Zambians)

1. A person from Zambia or of Zambian descent.

Translations

A person from Zambia or of Zambian descent

• Afrikaans: Zambiër (af)
• Asturian: zambianu (ast) m, zambiana (ast) f
• Bulgarian: замбиец m (zambiec), замбийка f (zambijka)
• Catalan: zambià (ca) m
• Czech: Zambijec (cs) m
• Danish: zambier c
• Dutch: Zambiaan (nl) m, Zambiaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: zambiano (man or woman), zambianino (woman)
• Faroese: sambiari m
• Finnish: sambialainen (fi)
• French: Zambien (fr) m, Zambienne (fr) f
• Galician: zambiano m
• German: Sambier (de) m, Sambierin (de) f
• Irish: Saimbiach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: zambier m

  Nynorsk: zambiar (nn) m

• Polish: Zambijczyk (pl) m, Zambijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: zambiano (pt) m
• Romanian: zambian (ro) m, zambiană (ro) f
• Russian: замби́ец (ru) m (zambíjec), замби́йка (ru) f (zambíjka)
• Spanish: zambiano (es) m
• Swahili: Mzambia (sw)
• Turkish: Zambiyalı (tr)

Adjective

Zambian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Zambia or its people or language.

Translations

Of or pertaining to Zambia or its people or language

• Afrikaans: Zambies (af)
• Asturian: zambianu (ast)
• Bulgarian: замбийски m pl (zambijski)
• Catalan: zambià (ca)
• Czech: zambijský (cs)
• Dutch: Zambiaans (nl)
• Faroese: sambiskur
• Finnish: sambialainen (fi)
• French: zambien (fr)
• Galician: zambiano
• German: sambisch (de)
• Hungarian: zambiai
• Irish: Saimbiach
• Italian: zambiano
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: zambisk

  Nynorsk: zambisk (nn)

• Polish: zambijski (pl) m
• Portuguese: zambiano (pt)
• Romanian: zambian (ro)
• Russian: замби́йский (ru) (zambíjskij)
• Spanish: zambiano (es)
• Swahili: Kizambia
• Swedish: zambisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: замбі́йський (zambíjsʹkyj)