"Lusaka" meaning in English

See Lusaka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /luːˈsɑːkə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lusaka.wav [Southern-England]
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  1. The capital city of Zambia. Wikidata QID: Q3881 Categories (place): Cities in Zambia, Places in Zambia
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  2. The capital city of Zambia.
    (metonymic) The Zambian government.
    Wikidata QID: Q3881 Tags: metonymically Categories (place): Cities in Zambia, Places in Zambia
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (capital of Zambia): Lusaka (Afrikaans), لُوسَاكَا (lusakā) [feminine] (Arabic), Lusaka (Asturian), Lusaka (Chichewa), 盧薩卡 /卢萨卡 (Lúsàkǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Lusaka [feminine] (Czech), Lusaka (Danish), Lusaka [neuter] (Dutch), Lusako (Esperanto), Lusaka (Finnish), Lusaka (French), לוסקה (Hebrew), ルサカ (Rusaka) (Japanese), លូសាកា (luusaakaa) (Khmer), 루사카 (Rusaka) (Korean), लुसाका (lusākā) (Marathi), Lusaka [feminine] (Polish), Lusaka [feminine] (Portuguese), Луса́ка (Lusáka) [feminine] (Russian), Lusaka (Spanish), లుసాకా (lusākā) (Telugu), Луса́ка (Lusáka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Lu-xa-ca (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'capital of Zambia': 50 50
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