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Zulu

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Zu·lu  (zl)
n. pl. Zulu or Zu·lus
1. A member of a Bantu people of southeast Africa, primarily inhabiting northeast Natal province in South Africa.
2. The Nguni language of this people, closely related to Xhosa.

Zulu adj.

Zulu [ˈzuːlʊ -luː]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -lus, -lu a member of a tall Negroid people of SE Africa, living chiefly in South Africa, who became dominant during the 19th century due to a warrior-clan system organized by the powerful leader, Shaka
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family, closely related to Swazi and Xhosa
3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) Communications a code word for the letter z
[from Zulu amaZulu people of the sky]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Zulu - a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities
KwaZulu-Natal, Natal - a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994"
African - a native or inhabitant of Africa
2.Zulu - a community of Negroid people in eastern South Africa
3.Zulu - a Bantu language of considerable literary importance in southeastern Africa
Nguni - a group of southern Bantu languages
Translations
Zulu [ˈzuːlʊ]
A. ADJzulú
B. Nzulú mf
Zulu [ˈzuːlʊ ˈzuːluː]
adjzoulou(e)
nZoulou(e) m/f
Zulu
adjZulu-, der Zulus; Zulu chiefZuluhäuptling m; the Zulu peopledie Zulus pl
n
Zulu mf
(Ling) → Zulu nt
Zulu [ˈzuːluː] adj & nzulù (m/f) inv
Zulu [ˈzuːluː] adj & nzulù (m/f) inv


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Some years since--it was during the winter before the Zulu War--a White Man was travelling through Natal.
Again, if I had given way to my own impulses, I should have wished to go into the differences, some of which are to my mind very suggestive, between the Zulu and Kukuana dialects.
 
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