Etymology

Mpumalanga

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Today it means: A province in northeastern South Africa, which formed part of Transvaal province until 1994. Full definition →

Nguni ← Xhosa impumalanga ← Zulu impumalanga
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The story

  1. Swazi · borrowed frommpumalanga
  2. Southern Ndebele · borrowed frommpumalanga
  3. Zulu · borrowed fromimpumalanga
  4. Xhosa · borrowed fromimpumalanga
  5. Nguni · borrowed from
  6. English todayMpumalanga

From a Nguni language term for “east” or “place where the sun rises”. Compare Xhosa impumalanga, Zulu impumalanga, Southern Ndebele mpumalanga and Swazi mpumalanga.

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