Tanzania

See also: Tanzánia, Tanzânia, and Tanzània

English

Etymology

Blend of Tanganyika +‎ Zanzibar +‎ -ia, combining the names of the former countries that merged to form Tanzania in 1964.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌtæn.zəˈniːə/
  • (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˌtɐn.zɐnˈjɐ/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. A country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.
    • 2025 April 24, Sammi Awami, “Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates”, in BBC[1]:
      A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row.

Hypernyms

Translations

See also

  • Countries of the world

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Chichewa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ⁿzáˈni.a/

Proper noun

Tanzánia

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Danish

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

Dinka

Alternative forms

  • Tandhania

Etymology

From English Tanzania.

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Galician

Proper noun

Tanzania f

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Italian

Proper noun

Tanzania f

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

Latin

Proper noun

Tanzania f sg (genitive Tanzaniae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Tanzania
genitive Tanzaniae
dative Tanzaniae
accusative Tanzaniam
ablative Tanzaniā
vocative Tanzania

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tansaˈnia/

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tansaˈnia/

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tanˈzaɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲja
  • Syllabification: Tan‧zan‧ia

Proper noun

Tanzania f (related adjective tanzański)

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Tan‧za‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Tanzania f

  1. (Mozambique) alternative form of Tanzânia: Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tanˈθanja/ [t̪ãn̟ˈθa.nja] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /tanˈsanja/ [t̪ãnˈsa.nja] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anja
  • Syllabification: Tan‧za‧nia

Proper noun

Tanzania f

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)
    Synonym: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania

See also

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Tanzania n (genitive Tanzanias)

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

See also

Further reading