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Zulu

//ˈzuːluː// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language. not-comparable

    "If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.

    "If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt."

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Zulu from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. alt-of
  3. 3
    a Bantu language of considerable literary importance in southeastern Africa wordnet
  4. 4
    Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time. countable, uncountable

    "Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu."

  5. 5
    a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Zulu umZulu.

Etymology 2

From Zulu umZulu.

Etymology 3

From Zulu umZulu.

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