"Zanzibar" meaning in English

See Zanzibar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈzænzɪbɑː(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Zanzibar.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Ultimately from Classical Persian زنگبار (zangibār), literally meaning “black-skinned coast”. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fa-cls|زنگبار|tr=zangibār}} Classical Persian زنگبار (zangibār) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Zanzibar
  1. An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean. Translations (island region): زَنْجِبَار (zanjibār) [masculine] (Arabic), زنجبار (Zengebār) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), 桑給巴爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 桑给巴尔 (Sāngjǐbā'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), 佔吉巴 (Chinese Mandarin), 占吉巴 (Zhànjíbā) (Chinese Mandarin), Zanzibar [masculine] (Czech), Zanzibar (Danish), Zanzibar [neuter] (Dutch), Sansibar (Finnish), Zanzibar [masculine] (French), Sansibar [neuter] (German), Ζανζιβάρη (Zanzivári) (Greek), જંગબાર (jaṅgbār) [neuter] (Gujarati), जंगबार (jaṅgbār) (Hindi), जंग (jaṅg) [masculine] (Hindi), ज़ंग (zaṅg) [masculine] (Hindi), ज़ंगीबार (zaṅgībār) [masculine] (Hindi), Sansibar (Icelandic), Zanzibar (Italian), ザンジバル (Zanjibaru) (Japanese), 잔지바르 (Janjibareu) (Korean), Zanzibāra [feminine] (Latvian), Ungudja (Ngazidja Comorian), Zanzibar (Norwegian Bokmål), Zanzibar (Norwegian Nynorsk), زنگبار (zangebâr) (Persian), Zanzibar [masculine] (Polish), Zanzibar [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), Занзиба́р (Zanzibár) [masculine] (Russian), Zanzíbar [masculine] (Spanish), Unguja (Swahili), زَنْجِبار (zanjibār) [masculine] (Urdu), زَن٘گْبار (zaṅgbār) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Zanzibar-en-name-v60z9YKi Disambiguation of 'island region': 98 2
  2. (historical) A former sultanate in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean, which merged with Tanganyika in 1963 to form Tanzania. Tags: historical Categories (place): Historical polities
    Sense id: en-Zanzibar-en-name-Ub7zV~tC Disambiguation of Historical polities: 39 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Tanzania, Zanzibar copal, Zanzibari

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "island region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zanzíbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "island region",
      "word": "Unguja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "zanjibār",
      "sense": "island region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "زَنْجِبار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "zaṅgbār",
      "sense": "island region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "زَن٘گْبار"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Zanzibar"
  ],
  "word": "Zanzibar"
}

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