Namibia
See also: namibia, namíbia, Namibía, and Namíbia
English
Etymology
From Namib, from Haiǁom, Khoekhoe namib (“desert”), + -ia. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /nəˈmɪbi.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɪbiə
Audio (Canada) (file)
Proper noun
Namibia
- A country in southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia
Holonyms
- Subsahara
Derived terms
- Namibian
Translations
Republic of Namibia
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See also
- Windhoek
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Further reading
Namibia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asturian
Proper noun
Namibia f
- Namibia (a country)
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Namibia
- Namibia (a country in Africa)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Namibia
- Namibia (a country in Africa)
Faroese
Etymology
From Haiǁom / Khoekhoe namib (“desert”) + Latinate suffix -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈmiːpia/
- Rhymes: -iːpia
Proper noun
Namibia n
- Namibia
Finnish
Etymology
From German Namibia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɑmibiɑ/, [ˈnɑmiˌbiɑ]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): Na‧mi‧bi‧a
Proper noun
Namibia
- Namibia
Declension
Inflection of Namibia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Namibia | — | |
genitive | Namibian | — | |
partitive | Namibiaa | — | |
illative | Namibiaan | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Namibia | — | |
accusative | nom. | Namibia | — |
gen. | Namibian | ||
genitive | Namibian | — | |
partitive | Namibiaa | — | |
inessive | Namibiassa | — | |
elative | Namibiasta | — | |
illative | Namibiaan | — | |
adessive | Namibialla | — | |
ablative | Namibialta | — | |
allative | Namibialle | — | |
essive | Namibiana | — | |
translative | Namibiaksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Namibiatta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Namibia (type kulkija) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Namibiani | Namibiamme |
2nd person | Namibiasi | Namibianne |
3rd person | Namibiansa |
Derived terms
- namibialainen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈmiːbia/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Namibia n (proper noun, genitive Namibias or (optionally with an article) Namibia)
- Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
- Namibianer
- namibianisch
- Namibier
- namibisch
- Nordnamibia
- Südnamibia
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈmi.bja/
- Rhymes: -ibja
- Hyphenation: Na‧mì‧bia
Proper noun
Namibia f
- Namibia
Derived terms
- namibiano
Latin
Proper noun
Namibia f sg (genitive Namibiae); first declension
- (New Latin) Namibia
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Namibia |
Genitive | Namibiae |
Dative | Namibiae |
Accusative | Namibiam |
Ablative | Namibiā |
Vocative | Namibia |
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Namibia
- Namibia
Related terms
- namibier
- namibisk
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Namibia
- Namibia
Related terms
- namibiar
- namibisk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈmi.bja/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ibja
- Syllabification: Na‧mi‧bia
Proper noun
Namibia f
- Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension
Declension of Namibia
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Namibia |
genitive | Namibii |
dative | Namibii |
accusative | Namibię |
instrumental | Namibią |
locative | Namibii |
vocative | Namibio |
Derived terms
adjective
- namibijski
nouns
- Namibijczyk
- Namibijka
Further reading
- Namibia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Namibia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈmibja/ [naˈmi.β̞ja]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ibja
- Syllabification: Na‧mi‧bia
Proper noun
Namibia f
- Namibia
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun
Namibia
- Namibia
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Proper noun
Namibia n (genitive Namibias)
- Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
- namibier
- namibisk
- namibiska
Yoruba
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Nàmíbíà
Etymology
Borrowed from English Namibia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nà.mí.bí.à/
Proper noun
Nàmíbíà
- Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)