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Mozambican

Mozambican

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A person born in or living in Mozambique
  • noun
  • /ˌmoʊzəmˈbiːkən/
: mozambiqueño
  • Unfortunately, the PRE was implemented with little thought of its effect on the average Mozambican.

So since Anton was short, we only lost three and all that were from Mozambicans.

Examples

  • He rejected the Mozambican in him:

    Fiction book (1990)

  • As a Mozambican, she takes pride in her country's rich cultural heritage.

  • As far as I know, I was the first Mozambican to enter Lisbon University.

    Academic text (1992)

  • In fact, they have a Mozambican, Mbambu Marufo, doing his master's on beehive barriers.

    Blog text (23)

  • A finer quality Ascolino than the other Ascolino, the Indo-Portuguese superimposing himself on the Mozambican by means of alcohol.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Members of the Portuguese security forces in Mozambique (both Portuguese and Mozambican) began crossing the border into Rhodesia as soon as the government fell in Lisbon.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The Mozambican citizens celebrated their independence day with a vibrant festival.

  • He is a Mozambican who works tirelessly to improve education in his community.

Surface Forms

Mozambican singular
Mozambicans plural

Morphology

Mozambican = Mozambique (transparent) = Mozambique + an

A clear, productive demonym formation from the country name 'Mozambique' plus the suffix '-an' yielding 'person from' or 'relating to' Mozambique.

Etymology

Mozambican comes from the country name Mozambique, which is said to come from the name of an Arab trader, 'Musa Bin Bik', whose name was given to an island and later to the whole country. The ending -an is a common English way to say someone is 'from' a place, as in American, so a Mozambican is a person 'from Mozambique'.