"Harare" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Shona Harare, supposedly from haarari (“it doesn't sleep”), in reference to a waterfall. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sn|Harare}} Shona Harare, {{m|sn|rara|haarari|it doesn't sleep}} haarari (“it doesn't sleep”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Harare
  1. The capital city of Zimbabwe, previously named Salisbury. Categories (place): Cities in Zimbabwe, National capitals, Places in Zimbabwe Translations (capital of Zimbabwe): Harare (Afrikaans), هَرَارِي (harārī) [feminine] (Arabic), Հարարե (Harare) (Armenian), Хара́рэ (Xaráre) [masculine] (Belarusian), হারারে (harare) (Bengali), ဟာရာ့ရီမြို့ (hara.rimrui.) (Burmese), Harare (Chichewa), 哈拉雷 (Hālāléi) (Chinese Mandarin), Harare [neuter] (Czech), Harare (Danish), Harareo (Esperanto), Hararé [feminine] (French), ჰარარე (harare) (Georgian), हरारे (harāre) [masculine] (Hindi), ハラレ (Harare) (Japanese), ហារ៉ារ៉េ (haaraaree) (Khmer), 하라레 (Harare) (Korean), Hararė [feminine] (Lithuanian), हरारे (harāre) (Marathi), هراره (harâre) (Persian), Harare [neuter] (Polish), Harare [feminine] (Portuguese), Хара́ре (Xarárɛ) [masculine] (Russian), Harare (Shona), Harare (Spanish), హరారే (harārē) (Telugu), ฮาราเร (Thai), Хара́ре (Xaráre) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ہرارے (harāre) [masculine] (Urdu), Ha-ra-rê (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Harare-en-name-7nB8WY1T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'capital of Zimbabwe': 58 42
  2. A province in Zimbabwe that includes the capital city. Categories (place): Places in Zimbabwe, Provinces of Zimbabwe
    Sense id: en-Harare-en-name-bj74IVHu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

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