Swaziland

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UK/ˈswɑːziˌlænd/British, Southern, Standard/ˈswɑːzɪjˌland/Australia, US/ˈswɑziˌlænd/Australia/ˈswɐːziˌlænd/

proper noun

Former name of Eswatini: a country in Southern Africa; used until 2018.

OriginEnglish land ← Middle English lond ← Old English land →
CommonScrabble 22
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalFormer name of Eswatini: a country in Southern Africa; used until 2018.

    “I don’t think we’ve quite found it yet,” she adds, “but definitely Swaziland is buzzing with new material.”

    2017 January 11, “Why music celebrities in Swaziland have day jobs”, in CNN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
eswatini

Origin

  1. EnglishSwazi
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*landą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*land
  5. Old Englishland
  6. Middle Englishlond
  7. Englishland
  8. EnglishSwaziland

From Swazi + -land.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans Swaziland, Swazilands
  • SwazilandKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
  • Swazilandsattributive form - relating to Swaziland
Arabic سُوَازِيلَانْدَ
  • سُوَازِيلَانْدَ (suwazilanda)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Bengali সোয়াজিল্যান্ড
  • সোয়াজিল্যান্ড (śōẇajilênḍ)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Bulgarian Свазиле́нд
  • Свазиле́нд (Svazilénd)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Catalan Swazilàndia
  • SwazilàndiaKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Chinese Mandarin 斯威士蘭 /斯威士兰, 史瓦濟蘭 /史瓦济兰
  • 斯威士蘭 /斯威士兰 (Sīwēishìlán)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
  • 史瓦濟蘭 /史瓦济兰 (Shǐwǎjìlán)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Czech Svazijsko
  • SvazijskoKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Danish Swaziland
  • SwazilandKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Dutch Swaziland
  • SwazilandKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Esperanto Svazilando
  • SvazilandoKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Estonian Svaasimaa
  • SvaasimaaKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Finnish Swazimaa, Swazimaan
  • SwazimaaKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
  • Swazimaanattributive form - relating to Swaziland
French Swaziland, swazilandais
  • SwazilandKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
  • swazilandaisattributive form - relating to Swaziland
German Swasiland
  • SwasilandKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Greek Σουαζιλάνδη
  • Σουαζιλάνδη (Souazilándi)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Hebrew סוואזילנד
  • סוואזילנדKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Hindi स्वाजीलैंड
  • स्वाजीलैंड (svājīlaiṇḍ)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Hungarian Szváziföld
  • SzváziföldKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Icelandic Svasíland
  • SvasílandKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Irish An tSuasalainn, Suasalannach
  • An tSuasalainnKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
  • Suasalannachattributive form - relating to Swaziland
  • Na Suasalainneattributive form - relating to Swaziland
Italian Swaziland
  • SwazilandKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Japanese スワジランド
  • スワジランド (Suwajirando)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Korean 스와질란드, 스워질랜드
  • 스와질란드 (Seuwajillandeu)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
  • 스워질랜드 (Seuwojillaendeu)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Latvian Svazilenda
  • SvazilendaKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Lithuanian Svazilandas
  • SvazilandasKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Norwegian Bokmål Swaziland
  • SwazilandKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Persian سوازیلند
  • سوازیلند (savâziland)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Polish Suazi
  • SuaziKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Portuguese Suazilândia
  • SuazilândiaKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Romanian Swaziland
  • SwazilandKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Russian Свазиле́нд, свазиле́ндский
  • Свазиле́нд (Svazilénd)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
  • свазиле́ндский (svaziléndskij)attributive form - relating to Swaziland
Slovak Svazijsko
  • SvazijskoKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Spanish Suazilandia
  • SuazilandiaKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Swedish Swaziland
  • SwazilandKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Tagalog Swasilandya
  • SwasilandyaKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Thai สวาซิแลนด์
  • สวาซิแลนด์ (sà-waa-sí-lɛɛn)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Turkish Svaziland
  • SvazilandKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Ukrainian Свазіле́нд
  • Свазіле́нд (Svazilénd)Kingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Vietnamese Xoa-di-len
  • Xoa-di-lenKingdom of Swaziland — see also Eswatini
Cite this entry
APA

Swaziland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swaziland

MLA

“Swaziland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swaziland. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Swaziland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swaziland.

Source: Swaziland on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.