Zanzibar

See also: zanzibar

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian زنگبار (zangibâr), literally meaning “black-skinned coast”.

Proper noun

Zanzibar

1. An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.

Translations

island region

• Arabic: زَنْجِبَار m (zanjibār)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 桑給巴爾／桑给巴尔 (zh) (Sāngjǐbā'ěr), 桑给巴尔 (zh) (Sāngjǐbā'ěr), 佔吉巴／占吉巴 (Zhànjíbā)

• Czech: Zanzibar (cs) m
• Danish: Zanzibar
• Finnish: Sansibar
• French: Zanzibar (fr) m
• German: Sansibar (de) n
• Greek: Ζανζιβάρη (Zanzivári)
• Gujarati: જંગબાર n (jaṅgbār)
• Hindi: जंगबार (jaṅgbār), जंग (hi) m (jaṅg)
• Icelandic: Sansibar (is)
• Italian: Zanzibar
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• Japanese: ザンジバル (Zanjibaru)
• Korean: 잔지바르 (Janjibareu)
• Latvian: Zanzibāra f
• Ngazidja Comorian: Ungudja
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Zanzibar

  Nynorsk: Zanzibar

• Persian: زنگبار (fa) (zangebâr)
• Polish: Zanzibar (pl) m
• Portuguese: Zanzibar (pt) m or f
• Russian: Занзиба́р (ru) m (Zanzibár)
• Spanish: Zanzíbar (es) m
• Swahili: Unguja (sw)

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Czech

Proper noun

1. Zanzibar

Derived terms

• Zanzibarec
• zanzibarský

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɑn.ziˌbɑr/
• Hyphenation: Zan‧zi‧bar

Proper noun

Zanzibar ?

1. Zanzibar

Derived terms

• Zanzibarees
• Zanzibari

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Italian

Proper noun

Zanzibar f

1. Zanzibar

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Zanzibar

1. Zanzibar

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Zanzibar

1. Zanzibar

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Polish

Proper noun

Zanzibar m

1. Zanzibar

Declension

Declension of Zanzibar

	singular
nominative	Zanzibar
genitive	Zanzibaru
dative	Zanzibarowi
accusative	Zanzibar
instrumental	Zanzibarem
locative	Zanzibarze
vocative	Zanzibarze

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Zanzibar m or f

1. Zanzibar (an island off the coast of Tanzania)