# Mozambique
## English
### Alternative forms

* Mosambique, Mocambique

### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Moçambique, from the name of sultan Mussa Bin Bique.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmoʊ.zæmˈbiːk/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Proper noun

Mozambique
* A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Moz.
* (historical, from 1975) The former communist country of the People's Republic of Mozambique.
** (historical, from the 16th century) A former colony of Portugal.
* An island or its town in the province of Nampula, Mozambique, from which its name was transferred to the country.
* A broad strait, the modern Mozambique Channel, which separates the island of Madagascar from the African mainland of Mozambique.
** 1857 May, “Extracts from the Journal of Captain M. S. Nolloth, H.M.S. 'Frolic'”, in The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, for 1857, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., page 252:During our cruise in the Mozambique we had generally light winds, almost invariably from E.S.E., or calms, and smooth water, nearly the whole time.

#### Holonyms

* Subsahara

#### Derived terms

* Mozambiquan, Mozambiquean (adjective/noun)
* mozambique (noun)

#### Related terms

* Mozambican (adjective/noun)

#### Translations
### Noun

Mozambique (plural Mozambiques)
* A native or inhabitant of Mozambique; a Mozambican.
* Alternative letter-case form of mozambique (“fabric”).

### See also

* 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

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Mozambique
* Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Mozambique
* Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)

## Chichewa
### Alternative forms

* Mozambiki

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mo.zaˈᵐbí.ki/

### Proper noun

Mozambíque
* Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)

## Danish
### Proper noun

Mozambique
* Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Mozambique n
* Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mo.zɑ̃.bik/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Mozambique m
* Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)

#### Derived terms

* mozambicain
* Mozambicain

## Interlingua
### Proper noun

Mozambique
* Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /moθamˈbike/ [mo.θãmˈbi.ke]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /mosamˈbike/ [mo.sãmˈbi.ke]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ike
* Syllabification: Mo‧zam‧bi‧que

### Proper noun

Mozambique ?
* Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)

#### Derived terms

* canal de Mozambique
* mozambiqueño