Zanzibar

Zanzibar

See also: zanzibar

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian زنگبار‎ (zangibâr), literally meaning “black-skinned coast”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzænzɪbɑː(ɹ)/

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Proper noun

Zanzibar

1. An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.

Derived terms

• Zanzibari

Translations

island region

Arabic: زَنْجِبَار‎ m (zanjibār) Chinese: Mandarin: 桑給巴爾／桑给巴尔 (zh) (Sāngjǐbā'ěr), 佔吉巴／占吉巴 (Zhànjíbā) Czech: Zanzibar (cs) m Danish: Zanzibar Finnish: Sansibar French: Zanzibar (fr) m German: Sansibar (de) n Greek: Ζανζιβάρη (Zanzivári) Gujarati: જંગબાર n (jaṅgbār) Hindi: जंगबार (jaṅgbār), जंग (hi) m (jaṅg), ज़ंग m (zaṅg), ज़ंगीबार m (zaṅgībār) Icelandic: Sansibar (is) Italian: Zanzibar Japanese: ザンジバル (Zanjibaru) Korean: 잔지바르 (Janjibareu) Latvian: Zanzibāra f Ngazidja Comorian: Ungudja Norwegian: Bokmål: Zanzibar Nynorsk: Zanzibar Persian: زنگبار‎ (fa) (zangebâr) Polish: Zanzibar (pl) m Portuguese: Zanzibar (pt) m or f Russian: Занзиба́р (ru) m (Zanzibár) Spanish: Zanzíbar (es) m Swahili: Unguja (sw)

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Czech

Proper noun

Zanzibar m

1. Zanzibar

Derived terms

• Zanzibarec
• zanzibarský

Further reading

• Zanzibar in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Zanzibar in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɑn.ziˌbɑr/

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• Hyphenation: Zan‧zi‧bar

Proper noun

Zanzibar ?

1. Zanzibar

Derived terms

• Zanzibarees
• Zanzibari

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zan.d͡zi.bar/, (traditional) ^*/d͡zan.d͡ziˈbar/[1]
• Rhymes: -andzibar, (traditional) -ar
• Hyphenation: Zàn‧zi‧bar, (traditional) Zan‧zi‧bàr

Proper noun

Zanzibar f

1. Zanzibar

References

1. Zanzibar in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Zanzibar

1. Zanzibar

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Zanzibar

1. Zanzibar

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zanˈzi.bar/

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• Rhymes: -ibar
• Syllabification: Zan‧zi‧bar

Proper noun

Zanzibar m

1. Zanzibar

Declension

Declension of Zanzibar

	singular
nominative	Zanzibar
genitive	Zanzibaru
dative	Zanzibarowi
accusative	Zanzibar
instrumental	Zanzibarem
locative	Zanzibarze
vocative	Zanzibarze

Further reading

• Zanzibar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Zanzibar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Zanzibar m or f

1. Zanzibar (an island off the coast of Tanzania)