Zulu

//ˈzuːluː// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

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
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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
englishgreenwich mean timeisizululanguagezebrazulu language

Example

More examples

"The Zulu tribe in South Africa has its own language."

Etymology

From Zulu umZulu.

Related phrases

ethnic groupicao spelling alphabetkwazulu natalprime meridiansouth africazulu time

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