Etymology

KwaZulu-Natal

Today it means: A province of South Africa. Full definition →

English Natal ← 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. EnglishKwaZulu
  9. EnglishNatal
  10. English todayKwaZulu-Natal

From KwaZulu + Natal.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.