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

  1. An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.
  2. (historical) A former sultanate in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean, which merged with Tanganyika in 1963 to form Tanzania.

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Proper noun

Zanzibar m inan (related adjective zanzibarský, demonym Zanzibarec)

  1. Zanzibar

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • Zanzibar in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Zanzibar in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɑn.ziˌbɑr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Zan‧zi‧bar

Proper noun

Zanzibar n

  1. Zanzibar

Derived terms

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

  1. Zanzibar

References
  1. Zanzibar in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Zanzibar

  1. Zanzibar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Zanzibar

  1. Zanzibar

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zanˈzi.bar/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibar
  • Syllabification: Zan‧zi‧bar

Proper noun

Zanzibar m

  1. Zanzibar

Declension
Declension of Zanzibar
singular
nominative Zanzibar
genitive Zanzibaru
dative Zanzibarowi
accusative Zanzibar
instrumental Zanzibarem
locative Zanzibarze
vocative Zanzibarze

Further reading

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

  1. Zanzibar (an island off the coast of Tanzania)
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