Meanings
zimbabwe1
nounzimbabwe (plural zimbabwes)
plural zimbabwes
- Any of the prominent cultural ruins of which Greater Zimbabwe is the most well known.
Zimbabwe2
proper noun
- A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.
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
Origin
Zimbabwe · proper noun
- Proto-Bantu*mbá
- Shonaimbá
- Proto-Bantu*ìbʊ̀è
- Shonaibwe
- Shonadzimba-dze-mabwe
- EnglishZimbabwe
From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“houses of stones”) (see imba (“house”), ibwe (“stone”)), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.
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Afrikaans Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Arabic زِيمْبَابْوِي
- زِيمْبَابْوِي (zīmbābwī)Republic of Zimbabwe
Bengali জিম্বাবুয়ে
- জিম্বাবুয়ে (jimbabuẏe)Republic of Zimbabwe
Bulgarian Зимба́бве
- Зимба́бве (Zimbábve)Republic of Zimbabwe
Catalan Zimbàbue
- ZimbàbueRepublic of Zimbabwe
Chinese Cantonese 津巴布韋 /津巴布韦
- 津巴布韋 /津巴布韦 (zeon¹ baa¹ bou³ wai⁴)Republic of Zimbabwe
Chinese Mandarin 津巴布韋 /津巴布韦, 辛巴威
- 津巴布韋 /津巴布韦 (Jīnbābùwéi)Republic of Zimbabwe
- 辛巴威 (Xīnbāwēi)Republic of Zimbabwe
Czech Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Danish Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Dutch Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Esperanto Zimbabvo
- ZimbabvoRepublic of Zimbabwe
Estonian Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Finnish Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
French Zimbabwe, Zimbabwé
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
- ZimbabwéRepublic of Zimbabwe
German Simbabwe
- SimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Greek Ζιμπάμπουε
- Ζιμπάμπουε (Zimpámpoue)Republic of Zimbabwe
Hebrew זימבבואה
- זימבבואה (zimbabve)Republic of Zimbabwe
Hindi ज़िम्बाब्वे
- ज़िम्बाब्वे (zimbābve)Republic of Zimbabwe
Hungarian Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Icelandic Simbabve
- SimbabveRepublic of Zimbabwe
Indonesian Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Irish An tSiombáib, Poblacht na Siombáibe
- An tSiombáibRepublic of Zimbabwe
- Poblacht na SiombáibeRepublic of Zimbabwe
Italian Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Japanese ジンバブエ
- ジンバブエ (Jinbabue)Republic of Zimbabwe
Korean 짐바브웨
- 짐바브웨 (Jimbabeuwe)Republic of Zimbabwe
Latvian Zimbabve
- ZimbabveRepublic of Zimbabwe
Lithuanian Zimbabvė
- ZimbabvėRepublic of Zimbabwe
Malay Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Māori Timuwawe
- TimuwaweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Norwegian Bokmål Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Persian زیمبابوه
- زیمبابوه (zimbâbve)Republic of Zimbabwe
Polish Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Portuguese Zimbabwe, Zimbábue
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
- ZimbábueRepublic of Zimbabwe
- ZimbabuéRepublic of Zimbabwe
Romanian Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Russian Зимба́бве
- Зимба́бве (Zimbábvɛ)Republic of Zimbabwe
Slovak Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Spanish Zimbabue
- ZimbabueRepublic of Zimbabwe
Swahili Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Swedish Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Tagalog Simbabwe
- SimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe
Tamil ஜிம்பாப்வே, சிம்பாப்வே
- ஜிம்பாப்வே (jimpāpvē)Republic of Zimbabwe
- சிம்பாப்வே (cimpāpvē)Republic of Zimbabwe
Thai ซิมบับเว
- ซิมบับเว (sim-báp-wee)Republic of Zimbabwe
Turkish Zimbabve
- ZimbabveRepublic of Zimbabwe
Ukrainian Зімба́бве
- Зімба́бве (Zimbábve)Republic of Zimbabwe
Urdu زمبابوے
- زمبابوےRepublic of Zimbabwe
Vietnamese Dim-ba-bu-ê
- Dim-ba-bu-êRepublic of Zimbabwe
Yiddish זימבאַבווע
- זימבאַבווע (zimbabve)Republic of Zimbabwe
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APA
zimbabwe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zimbabwe
MLA
“zimbabwe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zimbabwe. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zimbabwe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zimbabwe.
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