Zanzibar

See also: zanzibar

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Persian زنگبار (zangibār), literally meaning “black-skinned coast”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzænzɪbɑː(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Zanzibar

2. An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.
3. (historical) A former sultanate in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean, which merged with Tanganyika in 1963 to form Tanzania.

Derived terms

• Tanzania
• Zanzibar copal
• Zanzibari

Translations

island region

• Arabic: زَنْجِبَار m (zanjibār)

  Egyptian Arabic: زنجبار f (Zengebār)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 桑給巴爾／桑给巴尔 (zh) (Sāngjǐbā'ěr), 佔吉巴／占吉巴 (Zhànjíbā)

• Czech: Zanzibar (cs) m
• Danish: Zanzibar
• Dutch: Zanzibar (nl) n
• Finnish: Sansibar
• French: Zanzibar (fr) m
• German: Sansibar (de) n
• Greek: Ζανζιβάρη (Zanzivári)
• Gujarati: જંગબાર n (jaṅgbār)
• Hindi: जंगबार (jaṅgbār), जंग (hi) m (jaṅg), ज़ंग m (zaṅg), ज़ंगीबार m (zaṅgībār)
• Icelandic: Sansibar (is)
• Italian: Zanzibar
• Japanese: ザンジバル (Zanjibaru)
• Korean: 잔지바르 (Janjibareu)
• Latvian: Zanzibāra f
• Ngazidja Comorian: Ungudja
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Zanzibar

  Nynorsk: Zanzibar

• Persian: زنگبار (fa) (zangebâr)
• Polish: Zanzibar (pl) m
• Portuguese: Zanzibar (pt) m or f
• Russian: Занзиба́р (ru) m (Zanzibár)
• Spanish: Zanzíbar (es) m
• Swahili: Unguja (sw)
• Urdu: زَنْجِبار m (zanjibār), زَن٘گْبار m (zaṅgbār)

Czech

Proper noun

Zanzibar m inan (related adjective zanzibarský, demonym Zanzibarec)

1. Zanzibar

Declension

Declension of Zanzibar (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Zanzibar
genitive	Zanzibaru
dative	Zanzibaru
accusative	Zanzibar
vocative	Zanzibare
locative	Zanzibaru
instrumental	Zanzibarem

Further reading

• “Zanzibar”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Zanzibar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɑn.ziˌbɑr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Zan‧zi‧bar

Proper noun

Zanzibar n

1. Zanzibar

Derived terms

• Zanzibarees
• Zanzibari

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zan.d͡zi.bar/, (traditional) ^*/d͡zan.d͡ziˈbar/
• Rhymes: -andzibar, (traditional) -ar
• Hyphenation: Zàn‧zi‧bar, (traditional) Zan‧zi‧bàr

Proper noun

Zanzibar f

1. Zanzibar

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Zanzibar

1. Zanzibar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Zanzibar

1. Zanzibar

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zanˈzi.bar/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ibar
• Syllabification: Zan‧zi‧bar

Proper noun

Zanzibar m

1. Zanzibar

Declension

Declension of Zanzibar

	singular
nominative	Zanzibar
genitive	Zanzibaru
dative	Zanzibarowi
accusative	Zanzibar
instrumental	Zanzibarem
locative	Zanzibarze
vocative	Zanzibarze

Further reading

• Zanzibar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈba(ʁ)/ [zɐ̃.ziˈba(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈba(ʁ)/ [zɐ̃.ziˈba(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈba(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈba(ʁ)/ [zɐ̃.ziˈba(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈba(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈbaɾ/ [zɐ̃.ziˈβaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈbaɾ/ [zɐ̃.ziˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐ̃.ziˈba.ɾi/ [zɐ̃.ziˈβa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: Zan‧zi‧bar

Proper noun

Zanzibar

1. Zanzibar (an island off the coast of Tanzania)