Meanings
proper noun
- A country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.
A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row.
2025 April 24, Sammi Awami, “Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates”, in BBC, archived from the original on 28 Apr 20251 more example
Users can see how a glacier at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania retreated between December 1986 and 2020, as well as glacial melt in Sermersooq, Greenland, between December 2000 and 2020.
2022 April 22, Toyin Owoseje, “Google marks Earth Day with doodle showing stark impacts of the climate crisis”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 May 2022
Origin
Blend of Tanganyika + Zanzibar + -ia, combining the names of the former countries that merged to form Tanzania in 1964.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Tanzanië
- TanzaniëUnited Republic of Tanzania
Arabic تَنْزَانْيَا
- تَنْزَانْيَا (tanzānyā)United Republic of Tanzania
Basque Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Bengali তানজানিয়া
- তানজানিয়া (tanjaniẏa)United Republic of Tanzania
Bulgarian Танза́ния
- Танза́ния (Tanzánija)United Republic of Tanzania
Catalan Tanzània
- TanzàniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Chinese Mandarin 坦桑尼亞 /坦桑尼亚
- 坦桑尼亞 /坦桑尼亚 (Tǎnsāngníyà)United Republic of Tanzania
Czech Tanzanie, Tanzánie
- TanzanieUnited Republic of Tanzania
- TanzánieUnited Republic of Tanzania
Danish Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Dutch Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Esperanto Tanzanio
- TanzanioUnited Republic of Tanzania
Estonian Tansaania
- TansaaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Finnish Tansania
- TansaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
French Tanzanie
- TanzanieUnited Republic of Tanzania
German Tansania
- TansaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Greek Τανζανία
- Τανζανία (Tanzanía)United Republic of Tanzania
Hebrew טַנְזַנְיָה
- טַנְזַנְיָה (tanzánya)United Republic of Tanzania
Hindi तंज़ानिया, तंजानिया
- तंज़ानिया (tanzāniyā)United Republic of Tanzania
- तंजानिया (tañjāniyā)United Republic of Tanzania
- तञ्ज़ानिया (tanzāniyā)United Republic of Tanzania
- टंजानिया (ṭañjāniyā)United Republic of Tanzania
- तांज़ानिया (tānzāniyā)United Republic of Tanzania
- तांजानिया (tāñjāniyā)United Republic of Tanzania
Hungarian Tanzánia
- TanzániaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Icelandic Tansanía
- TansaníaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Indonesian Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Irish An Tansáin
- An TansáinUnited Republic of Tanzania
Italian Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Japanese タンザニア
- タンザニアUnited Republic of Tanzania
Korean 탄자니아
- 탄자니아 (Tanjania)United Republic of Tanzania
Latin Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Latvian Tanzānija
- TanzānijaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Lithuanian Tanzanija
- TanzanijaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Malay Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Māori Tānahia
- TānahiaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Norwegian Bokmål Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Persian تانزانیا
- تانزانیا (tânzâniyâ)United Republic of Tanzania
Polish Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Portuguese Tanzânia
- TanzâniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Romanian Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Russian Танза́ния
- Танза́ния (Tanzánija)United Republic of Tanzania
Scottish Gaelic Tansainìa
- TansainìaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Slovak Tanzánia
- TanzániaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Spanish Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Swahili Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Swedish Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Tagalog Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Tamil தான்சானியா
- தான்சானியா (tāṉcāṉiyā)United Republic of Tanzania
Thai แทนซาเนีย
- แทนซาเนีย (tɛɛn-saa-niia)United Republic of Tanzania
Turkish Tanzanya
- TanzanyaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Ukrainian Танза́нія
- Танза́нія (Tanzánija)United Republic of Tanzania
Urdu تنزانیہ
- تنزانیہUnited Republic of Tanzania
Vietnamese Tan-da-ni-a
- Tan-da-ni-aUnited Republic of Tanzania
Welsh Tanzania
- TanzaniaUnited Republic of Tanzania
Yiddish טאַנזאַניע
- טאַנזאַניע (tanzanye)United Republic of Tanzania
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Tanzania
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Tanzania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanzania
MLA
“Tanzania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanzania. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tanzania,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanzania.
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