Swaziland
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- proper noun
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Suazilandia
- After gaining independence in 1968, Swaziland became a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa.
- Lesotho and Swaziland
- Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland
- Swaziland and Malawi
Examples
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To the precious children of God that live in Swaziland—greetings and encouragement from a brother in Christ!
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Few nations have a lower life expectancy at birth than Swaziland, where the average person is expected to live just 48.3 years.
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I pray that one day I will be back in Swaziland.
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After only a few months in Swaziland, my siswati is not that good.
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I await the day that the Lord allows my wife and me to come back to Swaziland and sit with you.
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Let me give you the example of Swaziland, which is at the epicenter of this pandemic.
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Not one single day goes by now that I don't miss Swaziland.
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Most mornings I wake thinking about you there, and often my last thoughts at night are of Swaziland.
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They asked independent Zimbabwe, and then Lesotho, Swaziland, and Malawi to join the economic entity.
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The flags of Kenya, Swaziland, and Lesotho bear the images of dubs, spears, and shields, which are emblematic of independent nationhood.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
Former official name of Eswatini, a small landlocked country in southeastern Africa with a king
Compounds
- Literature
Former official name of Eswatini, a small landlocked country in southeastern Africa with a king
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Swaziland comes from the name Swazi, the local people, plus the English -land, so it literally means 'land of the Swazi'. The country later took the local name Eswatini, which also means 'land of the Swazi', so Swaziland was the English way to say the same thing.