Zulu
A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in…A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
» South Africa is called "iNingizimu Afrika" in Zulu.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities
(UK, countable, dated, ethnic, slang, slur, uncountable)Any black person.
(countable, uncountable)Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.
Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.
Zulu, Zulus, Zulu
зулу́сzulús
Examples
4 sentencesSouth Africa is called "iNingizimu Afrika" in Zulu.
The Zulu tribe in South Africa has its own language.
ruУ племени зулу в Южной Африке есть свой язык. — odexed
deDer Zulustamm in Südafrika hat seine eigene Sprache. — Waldelfe
We believe, as the Zulus say, that no elephant ever found its trunk too heavy.
deWir glauben, dass es, wie die Zulu sagen, noch keinen Elefanten gab, dem sein Rüssel je zu schwer geworden wäre. — driini
I'm learning Zulu.
Translations
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Origin
Derived from Zulu uḿZulu.Derived from Zulu uḿZulu.
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Forms
plural: Zulu / ZulusSynonyms
1 synonyms- a Bantu language of considerable literary importance in southeastern Africa:Zulu language
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable