Zulu
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Translingual[edit]
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Zulu [2] |
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Zulu [3] |
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Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Zulu
- (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO phonetic alphabet clear code for the letter Z.
- (nautical) Signal flag for the letter Z.
- (time zone) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+00:00)
code | Alfa | Bravo | Charlie | Delta | Echo | Foxtrot | Golf | Hotel | India | Juliett | Kilo | Lima | Mike |
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code | November | Oscar | Papa | Quebec | Romeo | Sierra | Tango | Uniform | Victor | Whiskey | Xray | Yankee | Zulu |
Translations[edit]
the letter "Z" in a national spelling alphabet
References[edit]
- ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, June 2022, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
Zulu (countable and uncountable, plural Zulu or Zulus)
- A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
- Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.
- Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (member of the Zulu people): human, individual
- (Zulu time): time zone
Translations[edit]
member of the Zulu people
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Zulu people (plural)
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Proper noun[edit]
Zulu
Translations[edit]
language
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Adjective[edit]
Zulu (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.
Translations[edit]
pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
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See also[edit]
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Zulu terms
- Appendix:Zulu Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Zulu
- ISO 639-1 code zu, ISO 639-3 code zul (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Zulu, zul
Chichewa[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ngoni; compare Zulu umZulu.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Zúlu
- a surname from Ngoni
Statistics[edit]
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Zulu was the 4th most common surname in Zambia (212 468 persons = 1.4 percent of the population) and the 53rd most common surname in Malawi (23227 persons = 0.1 percent of the population).
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Zulu ? (plural Zulu's)
- (law enforcement, slang) police helicopter
- Synonym: politiehelikopter
Categories:
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- Translingual terms with IPA pronunciation
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual nouns
- ICAO spelling alphabet
- ITU & IMO phonetic alphabet
- mul:Nautical
- English terms derived from Zulu
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/uːluː
- Rhymes:English/uːluː/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Ethnonyms
- English proper nouns
- en:Languages
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- Chichewa terms derived from Ngoni
- Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chichewa lemmas
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- Chichewa surnames
- Chichewa surnames from Ngoni
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- nl:Aircraft
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- Dutch slang