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zimbabwe
Zim·ba·bwe
UK/zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/British, Southern, Standard/zɪmˈbɑːbwɛj/US/zɪmˈbɑbweɪ/Australia/zɪmˈbɐːbwæɪ/
noun
What it means
- Any of the prominent cultural ruins of which Greater Zimbabwe is the most well known.
In a sentence
According to Ncube, the MDC believed, from 2000, that Britain's interest in Zimbabwe had more to do with concern for white farmers than black Zimbabweans.
2009 June 17, Blessing-Miles Tendi, “Tsvangirai's dicey strategy”, in The Guardian
Where it comes from
From the Bantu word for a meeting house.
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