Tanzania

See also: Tanzánia, Tanzânia, and Tanzània

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌtæn.zəˈniːə/
  • (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˌtɐn.zɐnˈjɐ/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. A country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.
    • 2022 April 22, Toyin Owoseje, “Google marks Earth Day with doodle showing stark impacts of the climate crisis”, in CNN[1], archived from the original on 17 May 2022:
      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.
    • 2025 April 24, Sammi Awami, “Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates”, in BBC[2], archived from the original on 28 April 2025:
      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.

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Translations

See also

  • Countries of the world

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Chichewa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ⁿzáˈni.a/

Proper noun

Tanzánia

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Danish

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

Dinka

Alternative forms

  • Tandhania

Etymology

From English Tanzania.

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Galician

Proper noun

Tanzania f

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tanzania.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /tanzaˈnia/ [t̪an.zaˈni.a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: Tan‧za‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Noun

Tanzania (plural Tanzania-Tanzania or para Tanzania)

  1. Tanzanian

Adjective

Tanzania (comparative lebih Tanzania, superlative paling Tanzania)

  1. Tanzanian

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Further reading

Italian

Proper noun

Tanzania f

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

Internationalism. Blend of Tānganīca +‎ nzibār +‎ -ia if analysed syncretically.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tānzānia f sg (genitive Tānzāniae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Tānzānia
genitive Tānzāniae
dative Tānzāniae
accusative Tānzāniam
ablative Tānzāniā
vocative Tānzānia

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tansaˈnia/

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tansaˈnia/

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tanˈzaɲ.ja/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲja
  • Syllabification: Tan‧zan‧ia

Proper noun

Tanzania f (related adjective tanzański)

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Tan‧za‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Tanzania f

  1. (Mozambique) alternative form of Tanzânia: Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Spanish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tanzania f

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tanzania

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)
    Synonym: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania

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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Tanzania n (genitive Tanzanias)

  1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

See also

Further reading