Nyika (country; territory) zvinoreva dunhu kana nzvimbo inogara vanhu kana inotonga naIshe kana mumwewo mutungamiri. Somuenzaniso: Nyika yeZimbabwe. Nyika yaShe Chiswiti. Vatauri veKishambala neGiryama vanoti nyika (wilderness, lit. uninhabited border lands). Digo neShambala vanoti nyika (n. hinterland, wilderness, desolate region) kureva sango. VaVenda vanoti shango, muvhuso kana mivhuso (n. State) kureva muvuso. VaSwahili vanoti nchi (country, earth, land, district, region). VaLenje vanoti chisi, nshi kana nsi (country, region, land, district, village and its neighbourhood). VaHerero vanoti ou-ye (the whole world). VaMambwe vanoti mpanga (country) apa kureva nyika. VaSwahili vanoti mtaa kana mitaa (1. district, quarter of a city; 2. rare state (as an administrative or territorial unit). VaNgala vanoti mboka (country, village) kureva nyika kana musha. Mamwe mazwi: mwana mboka (son of the country) kureva mwana wenyika iri kurehwa.