Lusaka

See also: Lúsàkǎ

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːˈsɑːkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Lusaka

2. The capital city of Zambia.
   • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 238:

     A Lusaka evening: a purpling sky, woodsmoke from supper fires, mosquitoes singing delirious rounds, the clapping and chanting of a church meeting, the bitter smell of car exhaust.

Translations

capital of Zambia

• Afrikaans: Lusaka
• Arabic: لُوسَاكَا f (lusakā)
• Chichewa: Lusaka
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盧薩卡 / 卢萨卡 (zh) (Lúsàkǎ)

• Czech: Lusaka (cs) f
• Danish: Lusaka
• Dutch: Lusaka n
• Esperanto: Lusako (eo)
• Finnish: Lusaka (fi)
• French: Lusaka (fr)
• Hebrew: לוסקה
• Japanese: ルサカ (ja) (Rusaka)
• Khmer: លូសាកា (km) (luusaakaa)
• Korean: 루사카 (Rusaka)
• Marathi: लुसाका (lusākā)
• Polish: Lusaka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lusaka (pt) f
• Russian: Луса́ка (ru) f (Lusáka)
• Spanish: Lusaka (es)
• Telugu: లుసాకా (lusākā)
• Ukrainian: Луса́ка f (Lusáka)
• Vietnamese: Lu-xa-ca

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Lusaka

1. Lusaka (the capital city of Zambia)

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽuˈsa.ka/, /ɽuˈsá.ka/

Proper noun

Lusaka or Lusáka

1. Lusaka (a city, the capital city of Zambia)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlusaka]

Proper noun

Lusaka f (relational adjective lusacký)

1. Lusaka (the capital city of Zambia)

Declension

Declension of Lusaka (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Lusaka
genitive	Lusaky
dative	Lusace
accusative	Lusaku
vocative	Lusako
locative	Lusace
instrumental	Lusakou

Further reading

• “Lusaka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈsa.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: Lu‧sa‧ka

Proper noun

Lusaka f (related adjective lusakijski or lusacki)

1. Lusaka (the capital city of Zambia)

Declension

Declension of Lusaka

	singular
nominative	Lusaka
genitive	Lusaki
dative	Lusace
accusative	Lusakę
instrumental	Lusaką
locative	Lusace
vocative	Lusako

References

• Lusaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Lusaka f

1. Lusaka (the capital city of Zambia)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlusaka]

Proper noun

Lusaka f (genitive singular Lusaky)

1. Lusaka (the capital of Zambia)

References

• “Lusaka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈsaka/ [luˈsa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: Lu‧sa‧ka

Proper noun

Lusaka ?

1. Lusaka (the capital of Zambia)