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Tanzania

/ˌtæn.zəˈniːə/

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British/ˌtan.zəˈnɪjə/

Tanzania proper noun: a country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.

tanzania: a country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania
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Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. A country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.
    • Users can see how a glacier at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania retreated between December 1986 and 2020, as well as glacial melt in Sermersooq, Greenland, between December 2000 and 2020.2022 April 22, Toyin Owoseje, “Google marks Earth Day with doodle showing stark impacts of the climate crisis”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 May 2022
    • A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row.2025 April 24, Sammi Awami, “Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates”, in BBC, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2025

Tanzania meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Tanzania in Hindi

United Republic of Tanzania
तंज़ानिया tanzāniyā, तंजानिया tañjāniyā, तञ्ज़ानिया tanzāniyā, टंजानिया ṭañjāniyā, तांज़ानिया tānzāniyā, तांजानिया tāñjāniyā

Tanzania in Tamil

United Republic of Tanzania
தான்சானியா tāṉcāṉiyā

Tanzania in Marathi

United Republic of Tanzania
टांझानिया ṭāñjhāniyā

Tanzania in Urdu

United Republic of Tanzania
تنزانیہ
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Tanzania in Bengali
তানজানিয়া tanjaniẏa
Tanzania in Malayalam
ടാന്സാനിയ ṭānsāniya
Tanzania in Kannada
ತಾಂಜೇನಿಯ
Tanzania in Gujarati
ટાન્ઝાનિયા ṭānjhāniyā
Tanzania in Sanskrit
टंजानिया ṭaṃjāniyā
Tanzania in Sinhala
ටැන්සානියාව ṭænsāniyāwa
Tanzania in Pashto
تانزانيه
Tanzania in Tagalog
Tanzania
Tanzania in Arabic
تَنْزَانْيَا tanzānyā
Tanzania in Malay
Tanzania
Tanzania in Indonesian
Tanzania
Tanzania in Persian
تانزانیا tânzâniyâ
Tanzania in Thai
แทนซาเนีย tɛɛn-saa-niia
Tanzania in Vietnamese
Tan-da-ni-a
Tanzania in Myanmar
တန်ဇေးနီးယား tanje:ni:ya:
Dhivehi
ޓެންޒޭނިއާ ṭen̊zēniā
Kashmiri
टंजानिया ṭaṃjāniyā

Origin of Tanzania

Blend of Tanganyika + Zanzibar + -ia, combining the names of the former countries that merged to form Tanzania in 1964.

Words formed from Tanzania

Phrases with Tanzania

Words that rhyme with Tanzania

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Questions about Tanzania

What does Tanzania mean?
Tanzania means a country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.
What is Tanzania in Hindi?
Tanzania in Hindi is तंज़ानिया (tanzāniyā), तंजानिया (tañjāniyā), तञ्ज़ानिया (tanzāniyā). See Tanzania meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Tanzania?
Tanzania is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tanzania?
Tanzania is pronounced /ˌtæn.zəˈniːə/ (UK).

Words near Tanzania in the dictionary

  1. tanystropheids
  2. Tanz.
  3. Tanza
  4. tanzaku
  5. Tanzalin method
  6. Tanzania
  7. Tanzanian
  8. Tanzanianness
  9. Tanzanians
  10. Tanzanion
  11. tanzanite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Tanzania (page history and authors); Tanzania (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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