Word origins

• zimbabweAny of the prominent cultural ruins of which Greater Zimbabwe is the most well known.
• HarareThe capital city of Zimbabwe; formerly, Salisbury.
• gomokopje, small hill
• daggaIndian hemp, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, or a similar plant of the species Leonotis leonurus.
• mbiraA thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument.
• nyanzaA lake (in Africa).
• TendaiA Mahayana Buddhist tradition with esoteric elements, officially established in Japan in 806 by the monk Saichō.
• tsotsiA hoodlum or street thug, especially one from the townships; a township skollie.
• chimurengaA genre of Zimbabwean popular music, originally focusing on revolutionary themes.
• bunduA wilderness region, away from cities.
• GukurahundiA series of mass killings and genocide in Zimbabwe from 1983 until the Unity Accord in 1987.
• makoronyeramiddlemen who buy produce from farmers and mark up the price, generally drastically, for resale
• mapudzibottle gourd
• msasaA tree of Southern Africa, Brachystegia spiciformis.
• pungweAn all-night political vigil or rally.
• sadzaSynonym of nshima (“maize porridge”).
• upeyganA borele or two-horned black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis).
• ZendayaA female given name from Shona.