Zulu

See also: zulu, zulú, and zulù

Translingual

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzuːluː]
  • Audio (Canada)(file)

Symbol

Zulu

  1. The letter Z in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

English

Etymology

From Zulu umZulu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzuːluː/
  • Audio (Canada)(file)

Adjective

Zulu (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.

Translations

Noun

Zulu (countable and uncountable, plural Zulu or Zulus)

  1. (countable) An individual member of the Zulu people.
  2. An African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
  3. The letter Z in the ICAO spelling alphabet
  4. A designation for time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.
    • Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.
  5. (uncountable) The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.
    Synonym: isiZulu

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See also

Chichewa

Etymology

From Ngoni; compare Zulu umZulu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzú.ɽu/

Proper noun

Zúlu

  1. A surname​.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Zulu was the 4th most common surname in Zambia (212 468 persons = 1.4 percent of the population) and the 53rd most common surname in Malawi (23227 persons = 0.1 percent of the population).

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzulu/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: Zoeloe

Noun

Zulu ? (plural Zulu's)

  1. (law enforcement, slang) police helicopter
    Synonym: politiehelikopter
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