Zimbabwe

See also: zimbabwe

English

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/
• Hyphenation: Zi‧mba‧bwe

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

2. Country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Translations

Republic of Zimbabwe

• Afrikaans: Zimbabwe (af)
• Albanian: Zimbabveja (sq) f
• Amharic: ዚምባብዌ (zimbabwe)
• Arabic: زِيمْبَابْوِي m (zīmbābwī)
• Armenian: Զիմբաբվե (hy) (Zimbabve)
• Azerbaijani: Zimbabve (az)
• Belarusian: Зімба́бвэ n (Zimbábve)
• Bengali: জিম্বাবুয়ে (jimbabuẏe)
• Breton: Zimbabwe ?
• Bulgarian: Зимба́бве n (Zimbábve)
• Burmese: ဇင်ဘာဘွေ (jangbhabhwe)
• Catalan: Zimbabue (ca)
• Chichewa: Zimbabwe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 津巴布韋／津巴布韦 (zh) (Jīnbābùwéi), 津巴布韦 (zh) (Jīnbābùwéi)

• Czech: Zimbabwe (cs) n
• Danish: Zimbabwe (da)
• Dhivehi: ޒިމްބާބުވޭ (zim̊bābuvē)
• Dutch: Zimbabwe (nl)
• Dzongkha: ཛིམ་བབ་ཝེ་ (dzim bab we)
• Esperanto: Zimbabvo (eo)
• Estonian: Zimbabwe (et)
• Faroese: Simbabvi n
• Finnish: Zimbabwe (fi)
• French: Zimbabwe (fr) m
• Georgian: ზიმბაბვე (zimbabve)
• German: Simbabwe (de)
• Greek: Ζιμπάμπουε (el) f (Zimpámpoue)
• Hausa: Zimbabuwe
• Hebrew: זימבבואה (zimbabve)
• Hindi: ज़िम्बाब्वे (hi) (zimbābve)
• Hungarian: Zimbabwe (hu)
• Icelandic: Simbabve (is) n
• Ido: Zimbabwe (io)
• Indonesian: Zimbabwe (id)
• Interlingua: Zimbabwe
• Irish: An tSiombáib f, Poblacht na Siombáibe f
• Italian: Zimbabwe (it) m
• Japanese: ジンバブエ (ja) (Jinbabue)
• Kalenjin: Zimbabwe
• Kamba: Zimbabwe
• Kazakh: Зимбабве (Zimbabve)
• Khmer: ស៊ីមបាវ៉េ (km) (siimbaavee)
• Kikuyu: Zimbabwe
• Korean: 짐바브웨 (Jimbabeuwe)
• Kyrgyz: Зимбабве (Zimbabve)
• Lao: ຊິມບັບເວ (sim bap wē)
• Latvian: Zimbabve
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• Lithuanian: Zimbabvė (lt)
• Luhya: Zimbabwe
• Luo: Zimbabwe
• Macedonian: Зимба́бве (mk) n (Zimbábve)
• Malay: Zimbabwe
• Maltese: iż-Żimbabwe
• Maori: Timuwawe
• Meru: Zimbabwe
• Mongolian: Зимбабве (Zimbabve)
• Navajo: Hooghan Tsé Bee Ádaalyaaí bikéyah
• Norman: Zimbabwe m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Zimbabwe (no)

  Nynorsk: Zimbabwe (nn)

• Pashto: زېمبابوې
• Persian: زیمبابوه (zimbâbve)
• Polish: Zimbabwe (pl)
• Portuguese: Zimbabwe (pt) m, Zimbábue (pt) m, Zimbabué (pt) m
• Romanian: Zimbabwe (ro)
• Russian: Зимба́бве (ru) n (Zimbábvɛ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Зимбабве m

  Roman: Zimbabve (sh) m

• Shona: Zimbabwe
• Sinhalese: සිම්බාබ්වේ (simbābwē)
• Slovak: Zimbabwe n
• Slovene: Zimbabve (sl) n
• Spanish: Zimbabue (es)
• Swahili: Zimbabwe
• Swedish: Zimbabwe (sv)
• Tagalog: Simbabwe
• Tajik: Зимбабве (Zimbabve)
• Tatar: Зимбабве (Zimbabwe)
• Telugu: జింబాబ్వే (te) (jimbābvē)
• Thai: ซิมบับเว (th) (sim-báp-wee)
• Tibetan: ཛིམ་བབ་ཝི། (dzim bab wi)
• Tigrinya: ዚምባብዌ (zimbabwe)
• Turkish: Zimbabve (tr)
• Turkmen: Zimbabwe
• Ukrainian: Зімба́бве (uk) n (Zimbábve)
• Urdu: زمبابوے
• Uyghur: زىمبابۋې (zimbabwë)
• Uzbek: Zimbabve (uz)
• Vietnamese: Dim-ba-bu-ê
• Yiddish: זימבאַבווע (zimbabve)
• Yoruba: Şimibabe

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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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe

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Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziˈᵐbá.ɓʷe/

Proper noun

Zimbabwe^?

1. Zimbabwe (a country in Africa)

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Czech

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n

1. Zimbabwe

Related terms

• zimbabwský
• Zimbabwan

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌzɪmˈbɑp.ʋə/, /ˌzɪmˈbɑ.bʋə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n

1. Zimbabwe

Derived terms

• Zimbabwaan

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Finnish

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe

Declension

Inflection of Zimbabwe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Zimbabwe	—
genitive		Zimbabwen	—
partitive		Zimbabwea	—
illative		Zimbabween	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Zimbabwe	—
accusative	nom.	Zimbabwe	—
	gen.	Zimbabwen
genitive		Zimbabwen	—
partitive		Zimbabwea	—
inessive		Zimbabwessa	—
elative		Zimbabwesta	—
illative		Zimbabween	—
adessive		Zimbabwella	—
ablative		Zimbabwelta	—
allative		Zimbabwelle	—
essive		Zimbabwena	—
translative		Zimbabweksi	—
abessive		Zimbabwetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Zimbabwe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Zimbabweni — accusative nom. Zimbabweni — gen. Zimbabweni genitive Zimbabweni — partitive Zimbabweani — inessive Zimbabwessani — elative Zimbabwestani — illative Zimbabweeni — adessive Zimbabwellani — ablative Zimbabweltani — allative Zimbabwelleni — essive Zimbabwenani — translative Zimbabwekseni — abessive Zimbabwettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Zimbabwesi — accusative nom. Zimbabwesi — gen. Zimbabwesi genitive Zimbabwesi — partitive Zimbabweasi — inessive Zimbabwessasi — elative Zimbabwestasi — illative Zimbabweesi — adessive Zimbabwellasi — ablative Zimbabweltasi — allative Zimbabwellesi — essive Zimbabwenasi — translative Zimbabweksesi — abessive Zimbabwettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Zimbabwemme — accusative nom. Zimbabwemme — gen. Zimbabwemme genitive Zimbabwemme — partitive Zimbabweamme — inessive Zimbabwessamme — elative Zimbabwestamme — illative Zimbabweemme — adessive Zimbabwellamme — ablative Zimbabweltamme — allative Zimbabwellemme — essive Zimbabwenamme — translative Zimbabweksemme — abessive Zimbabwettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Zimbabwenne — accusative nom. Zimbabwenne — gen. Zimbabwenne genitive Zimbabwenne — partitive Zimbabweanne — inessive Zimbabwessanne — elative Zimbabwestanne — illative Zimbabweenne — adessive Zimbabwellanne — ablative Zimbabweltanne — allative Zimbabwellenne — essive Zimbabwenanne — translative Zimbabweksenne — abessive Zimbabwettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Zimbabwensa — accusative nom. Zimbabwensa — gen. Zimbabwensa genitive Zimbabwensa — partitive Zimbabweaan Zimbabweansa — inessive Zimbabwessaan Zimbabwessansa — elative Zimbabwestaan Zimbabwestansa — illative Zimbabweensa — adessive Zimbabwellaan Zimbabwellansa — ablative Zimbabweltaan Zimbabweltansa — allative Zimbabwelleen Zimbabwellensa — essive Zimbabwenaan Zimbabwenansa — translative Zimbabwekseen Zimbabweksensa — abessive Zimbabwettaan Zimbabwettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• adjectives: zimbabwelainen
• nouns: zimbabwelainen

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Italian

Proper noun

Zimbabwe m

1. Zimbabwe

Derived terms

• zimbabwiano

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe

Related terms

• zimbabwer
• zimbabwisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe

Related terms

• zimbabwar
• zimbabwisk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //zimˈbab.vɛ//

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (indeclinable)

1. Zimbabwe

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Zimbabwe m

1. Alternative form of Zimbabué

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Swahili

Proper noun

Zimbabwe

1. Zimbabwe (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

Zimbabwe n (genitive Zimbabwes)

1. Zimbabwe