Etymology

KwaZulu

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Today it means: A former bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a homeland for the Zulu people. Full definition →

Zulu KwaZul ← Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀
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The story

  1. Zulukwa-
  2. Proto-Bantu*ʊ́-
  3. Zuluú-
  4. Proto-Bantu*ìgʊ̀dʊ̀
  5. Zuluī́zulu
  6. ZuluúZulu
  7. ZuluKwaZul
  8. English todayKwaZulu

Borrowed from Zulu KwaZulu.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.