Zulu

//ˈzuːluː//

Synonyms for "zulu" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Proper Noun(1 words)
greenwich mean time

Strong matches (1)

Proper Noun(1 words)
isizulu

Related words (3)

Noun(2 words)
zebrazulu language

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries

Related terms

5 entries

derived

5 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

15 entries

Translations

85 translations across 30 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • Zoeloe name (language)
  • Zoeloe noun (member of the Zulu people)
  • Zoeloe noun (Zulu people (plural))

Armenian

2 entries
  • զուլու name (language)
  • զուլուերեն name (language)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • зулуски name (language)
  • зулуси noun (Zulu people (plural))

Catalan

4 entries
  • zulu adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • zulu name (language)
  • zulu noun (member of the Zulu people)
  • zulu noun (Zulu people (plural))

Chichewa

1 entries
  • Chizulu name (language)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 祖魯語 /祖鲁语 name (language)
  • 祖魯族人 /祖鲁族人 noun (Zulu people (plural))
  • 祖鲁人 noun (Zulu people (plural))

Danish

1 entries
  • Zulu noun (Zulu people (plural))

Dutch

4 entries
  • Zoeloe adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • Zoeloe name (language)
  • Zoeloe noun (member of the Zulu people)
  • Zoeloes noun (Zulu people (plural))

Estonian

2 entries
  • suulu adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • suulu name (language)

Faroese

2 entries
  • sulu adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • sulu name (language)

Finnish

4 entries
  • zulu name (language)
  • UTC noun (Zulu time)
  • zulu noun (member of the Zulu people)
  • zulut noun (Zulu people (plural))

French

4 entries
  • zoulou adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • zoulou name (language)
  • Zoulou noun (member of the Zulu people)
  • Zouloue noun (member of the Zulu people)

Galician

4 entries
  • zulú adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • zulú name (language)
  • zulú noun (member of the Zulu people)
  • zulú noun (Zulu people (plural))

German

4 entries
  • Zulu adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • zulu adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • zuluisch adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • Zulu name (language)

Greek

2 entries
  • Ζουλού adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • Ζουλού noun (member of the Zulu people)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • súlú name (language)

Italian

4 entries
  • zulù adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • zulù name (language)
  • zulù noun (member of the Zulu people)
  • zulù noun (Zulu people (plural))

Japanese

3 entries
  • ズールー語 name (language)
  • ズールー人 noun (member of the Zulu people)
  • ズールー族 noun (Zulu people (plural))

Maltese

1 entries
  • Żulu name (language)

Manx

1 entries
  • Sooloo noun (member of the Zulu people)

Navajo

1 entries
  • Zulu Dineʼé bizaad name (language)

Polish

4 entries
  • zuluski adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • zulu name (language)
  • Zulu noun (Zulu time)
  • Zulus noun (member of the Zulu people)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • zulu adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • zulu name (language)
  • zulu noun (member of the Zulu people)
  • zulu noun (Zulu people (plural))

Russian

4 entries
  • зулу́сский adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • зу́лу name (language)
  • зулу́сский name (language)
  • зулу́с noun (member of the Zulu people)

Spanish

1 entries
  • zulú adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)

Swahili

3 entries
  • Kizulu adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
  • Kizulu name (language)
  • Mzulu noun (member of the Zulu people)

Swedish

1 entries
  • zulu name (language)

Turkish

1 entries
  • Zuluca adj (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • זולו name (language)
  • זולו noun (member of the Zulu people)

Zulu

3 entries
  • isiZulu name (language)
  • amaZulu noun (Zulu people (plural))
  • umZulu class 1/6 noun (member of the Zulu people)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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The Zulu tribe in South Africa has its own language.

Source: tatoeba (280793)

South Africa is called "iNingizimu Afrika" in Zulu.

Source: tatoeba (1815505)

I'm learning Zulu.

Source: tatoeba (2887208)

The Republic of South Africa’s official languages are: Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu.

Source: tatoeba (9549710)

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