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Zimbabwean

/zɪmˈbɑːb.wi.ən/

Zimbabwean noun: a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent.

Noun

Zimbabwean (plural Zimbabweans)

  1. A person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent.
    • We were, practically to a person, young Zimbabweans who had no parental backing but who had acquired the means through some sort of tenacity, however dubious, to lodge at the respectable hostel.2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 269

Adjective

Zimbabwean (comparative more Zimbabwean, superlative most Zimbabwean)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people.
    • ‘Oh Dick! You’re a poet, although you don’t know it!’ Belinda, with that annoying Zimbabwean habit of repeating clichés as though they were a novel observation, made her way towards Dick bearing a gin and tonic.2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 288

Zimbabwean meaning in Bengali

Zimbabwean in Bengali

জিম্বাবুয়ীয়

Forms of Zimbabwean

Noun
pluralZimbabweans
Adjective
comparativemore Zimbabwean
superlativemost Zimbabwean

Origin of Zimbabwean

From Zimbabwe + -an.

Words formed from Zimbabwean

Phrases with Zimbabwean

Questions about Zimbabwean

What does Zimbabwean mean?
Zimbabwean means a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent.
What is Zimbabwean in Bengali?
Zimbabwean in Bengali is জিম্বাবুয়ীয়. See Zimbabwean meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Zimbabwean?
Zimbabwean can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Zimbabwean?
Zimbabwean is pronounced /zɪmˈbɑːb.wi.ən/.
What is the plural of Zimbabwean?
The plural of Zimbabwean is Zimbabweans.

Words near Zimbabwean in the dictionary

  1. zimarras
  2. Zimas
  3. zimb
  4. Zimba
  5. zimbabwe
  6. Zimbabwean
  7. Zimbabwean dollar
  8. Zimbabwean dollars
  9. Zimbabweanness
  10. Zimbabweans
  11. zimbabweite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Zimbabwean (page history and authors); Zimbabwean (Bengali 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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