Zimbabwe
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3.1
- proper noun
- /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/
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Zimbabue
- After gaining independence, Zimbabwe embarked on a journey of national development.
- Harare, Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe and Zambia
- Zimbabwe, Africa
And he'd, he'd been there in Zimbabwe when the Zimbabwe dollar crashed.
- And he'd, he'd been there in Zimbabwe when the Zimbabwe dollar crashed.
- And she had just moved from Zimbabwe to here.
- We followed her back to Zimbabwe to the rock.
- Mali, Malawi rich, Tanzania rich, Uganda rich, Zimbabwe rich, Nigeria rich.
- Nasima Mohammed in Zimbabwe will get it on the website.
- You are born and spend your early years in Zimbabwe.
- You find locations in Zimbabwe, in Kenya and other parts of Africa as well.
- And I had this passion for agriculture that stemmed from growing up in Zimbabwe with parents that were farmers.
- In South Africa, as well as which is just to the north, Zimbabwe.
- But by comparison to the suffering of human rights defenders in Zimbabwe, I've got off quite lightly.
- We have a government putting us putting us on equal footing with Zimbabwe.
- Like for example, in Zimbabwe, there is one charger in the entire country.
- No one in my family has to struggle means that I can send money back home to Zimbabwe.
- So they were, you know, white farmers predominantly and political families in Zimbabwe.
- I mean, we deal with a landing case in Africa with all those school children at Ariel School, Zimbabwe.
Examples
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You find locations in Zimbabwe, in Kenya and other parts of Africa as well.
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In this photo, lions cross the Zambesi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Academic text (2011) -
And she had just moved from Zimbabwe to here.
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If you take, for example, Zimbabwe, it's a democracy.
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We do believe that the people of Zimbabwe deserve a better treatment.
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And I had this passion for agriculture that stemmed from growing up in Zimbabwe with parents that were farmers.
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Ironically, now when a country like Zimbabwe loses control of inflation, it's not because they spent a lot of money.
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For most of the 1980s, Zimbabwe was a surplus food producer, exporting to deficit neighbors.
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Many tourists are drawn to the natural beauty of Zimbabwe, especially its national parks.
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The economy of Zimbabwe has faced numerous challenges over the years.
Synonyms
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The old name of the country in southern Africa now called Zimbabwe
The official name of Zimbabwe, a country in south central Africa that became independent in 1980
The name used for Zimbabwe before 1980
Compounds
The official name of Zimbabwe, a country in south central Africa that became independent in 1980
Surface Forms
Etymology
Zimbabwe comes from the Shona words dzimba and mabwe, which mean 'houses' and 'stone' and together mean 'houses of stone'. It refers to the ancient stone city called Great Zimbabwe, so the country's name comes from those famous stone ruins.