English Explanatory Dictionary

Zimbabwe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.
noun
  1. Any of the prominent cultural ruins of which Greater Zimbabwe is the most well known.

Pronunciation

/zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Zimbabwe.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Zimbabwe.wav

Word forms

Zimbabwe zimbabwes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mbá Shona imbá Proto-Bantu *ìbʊ̀è Shona ibwe Shona dzimba-dze-mabweder. English Zimbabwe From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“houses of stones”) (see imba (“house”), ibwe (“stone”)), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

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