What does "vuvuzela" mean?

A trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound.

What is a synonym for "vuvuzela"?

Common synonyms include: stadium horn, stadium horn, stadium trumpet.

Pronounced //vuːvuːˈzɛlə//.

//vuːvuːˈzɛlə// noun

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Noun

1
A trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound.
"When the Manchester United squad walked through the arrival gates at Durban International yesterday, most players heard a vuvuzela for the first time."

"The words of the year 2010 in Denmark are "ash cloud", "Peripheral Denmark", "vuvuzela" and "WikiLeaks"."

Borrowed from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

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