Meanings
plural Zanzibaris
- A native or inhabitant of Zanzibar.
Once a white man in an unbuttoned uniform, camping on the path with an armed escort of lank Zanzibaris, very hospitable and festive, not to say drunk.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 209
- not comparableof, or relating to Zanzibar or its inhabitants
Origin
Translations
Catalan zanzibarès
- zanzibarèsnative or inhabitant of Zanzibar
Czech Zanzibarec, zanzibarský
- Zanzibarecnative or inhabitant of Zanzibar
- zanzibarskýof Zanzibar
French zanzibarite
- zanzibaritenative or inhabitant of Zanzibar
Hindi जंगी, जंगी
- जंगी (jaṅgī)native or inhabitant of Zanzibar
- जंगी (jaṅgī)of Zanzibar
Portuguese zanzibarita, zanzibarense
- zanzibaritanative or inhabitant of Zanzibar
- zanzibarensenative or inhabitant of Zanzibar
- zanzibaritaof Zanzibar
- zanzibarenseof Zanzibar
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Zanzibari
Cite this entry
Zanzibari. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zanzibari
“Zanzibari.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zanzibari. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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