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ZAMBIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Zambian mean?
• ZAMBIAN (noun)
The noun ZAMBIAN has 1 sense:
1. a native or inhabitant of Zambia
Familiarity information: ZAMBIAN used as a noun is very rare.
• ZAMBIAN (adjective)
The adjective ZAMBIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its people
Familiarity information: ZAMBIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Zambia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Zambian" is a kind of...):
African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)
Holonyms ("Zambian" is a member of...):
Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia; Zambia (a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964)
Derivation:
Zambian (of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its people)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its people
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Zambia (a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964)
Derivation:
Zambia (a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964)
Zambian (a native or inhabitant of Zambia)
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