Zanzibar
See also: zanzibar
English
Etymology
Ultimately from Classical Persian زنگبار (zangibār), literally meaning “black-skinned coast”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzænzɪbɑː(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Zanzibar
- An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.
- (historical) A former sultanate in East Africa in the Indian Ocean, which merged with Tanganyika in 1963 to form Tanzania.
Derived terms
Translations
island region
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Czech
Proper noun
Zanzibar m inan (relational adjective zanzibarský, demonym Zanzibarec)
Declension
Declension of Zanzibar (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
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Further reading
- “Zanzibar”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Zanzibar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɑn.ziˌbɑr/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Zan‧zi‧bar
Proper noun
Zanzibar n
Derived terms
- Zanzibarees
- Zanzibari
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈd͡zan.d͡zi.bar/, (traditional) */d͡zan.d͡ziˈbar/[1]
- Rhymes: -andzibar, (traditional) -ar
- Hyphenation: Zàn‧zi‧bar, (traditional) Zan‧zi‧bàr
Proper noun
Zanzibar f
References
- ^ Zanzibar in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Zanzibar
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Zanzibar
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zanˈzi.bar/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ibar
- Syllabification: Zan‧zi‧bar
Proper noun
Zanzibar m
Declension
Declension of Zanzibar
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Zanzibar |
| genitive | Zanzibaru |
| dative | Zanzibarowi |
| accusative | Zanzibar |
| instrumental | Zanzibarem |
| locative | Zanzibarze |
| vocative | Zanzibarze |
Further reading
- Zanzibar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈba(ʁ)/ [zɐ̃.ziˈba(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈba(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈba(ʁ)/ [zɐ̃.ziˈba(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈba(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈbaɾ/ [zɐ̃.ziˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈba.ɾi/ [zɐ̃.ziˈβa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: Zan‧zi‧bar
Proper noun
Zanzibar ?
Swahili
Etymology
Ultimately from Classical Persian زنگبار (zangibār, literally “black-skinned coast”).
Proper noun
Zanzibar