# Zimbabwe
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: Zim‧ba‧bwe
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready. Particularly: "a Zimbabwe native speaking"

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe
* A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.
** 2009 June 17, Blessing-Miles Tendi, “Tsvangirai's dicey strategy”, in The Guardian‎:According to Ncube, the MDC believed, from 2000, that Britain's interest in Zimbabwe had more to do with concern for white farmers than black Zimbabweans.

#### Hypernyms

* Subsahara

#### Translations
### See also

* Appendix:Countries of the world
* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
* 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

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Harare)

#### Derived terms

* Zimbabwiër
* Zimbabwies

## Chichewa
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ziˈᵐbá.ɓʷe/

### Proper noun

Zimbábwe
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

## Czech
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈzɪmbabvɛ]

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (indeclinable, relational adjective zimbabwský, demonym Zimbabwan)
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

### Further reading

* “Zimbabwe”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌzɪmˈbɑp.ʋə/, /ˌzɪmˈbɑ.bʋə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe n
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Zimbabwaan

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtsimbɑbwe/, [ˈts̠imbɑ̝bwe̞]
* Rhymes: -imbɑbwe
* Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)
    Zimbabwen tasavalta ― Republic of Zimbabwe

#### Declension

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

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈzimbɒbvɛ]
* Hyphenation: Zim‧bab‧we
* Rhymes: -vɛ

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

#### Declension

or somewhat less commonly

#### Derived terms

* zimbabwei

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: $^*$/d͡zimˈba.bwe/, (traditional) $^*$/d͡zimˈba.bu.e/
* Rhymes: -abwe, (traditional) -abue
* Hyphenation: Zim‧bàb‧we

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe m
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

#### Derived terms

* zimbabwiano

### References

* ↑ Zimbabwe in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

#### Related terms

* zimbabwer
* zimbabwisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

#### Related terms

* zimbabwar
* zimbabwisk

## Polish
### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zimˈba.bvɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -abvɛ
* Syllabification: Zim‧bab‧we

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (indeclinable, related adjective zimbabwejski or zimbabweński)
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Zimbabwenka
* Zimbabweńczyk

### See also

* Algieria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Czad
* Demokratyczna Republika Konga
* Dżibuti
* Egipt
* Erytrea
* Eswatini
* Etiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Gwinea
* Gwinea Bissau
* Gwinea Równikowa
* Kamerun
* Kenia
* Komory
* Kongo
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libia
* Madagaskar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Maroko
* Mauretania
* Mauritius
* Mozambik
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Południowa Afryka
* Republika Środkowoafrykańska
* Republika Zielonego Przylądka
* Rwanda
* Sahara Zachodnia
* Senegal
* Seszele
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Południowy
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunezja
* Uganda
* Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
* Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### Further reading

* Zimbabwe in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe m
* Alternative form of Zimbabué: Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

## Shona
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /z̤i.ᵐba.bwe/

### Proper noun

Zimbábwe
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

## Slovak
### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (genitive singular Zimbabwe)
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

### References

* “Zimbabwe”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swahili
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

### See also

* Afrika Kusini
* Algeria ~ Aljeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Chad ~ Chadi
* Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
* Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
* Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
* Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
* Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
* Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
* Jibuti ~ Djibouti
* Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
* Kenya
* Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagaska, Bukini
* Malawi, Unyasa
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mayotte
* Misri, Umisri
* Morisi
* Moroko ~ Maroko
* Msumbiji, Mozambik
* Mtakatifu Helena
* Namibia
* Niger ~ Nijeri
* Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
* Rwanda ~ Ruanda
* Réunion
* Sahara ya Magharibi
* Sao Tome na Principe
* Senegal ~ Senegali
* Shelisheli
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Kusini
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Uswazi, Swaziland
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Zimbabwe n (genitive Zimbabwes)
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)

#### Related terms

* zimbabwier
* zimbabwisk
* zimbabwiska

### References

* Zimbabwe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH

## Tsonga
### Noun

Zimbabwe
* Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa)