ZIMBABWE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zimbabwe mean? 

• ZIMBABWE (noun)
  The noun ZIMBABWE has 1 sense:

1. a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980

  Familiarity information: ZIMBABWE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZIMBABWE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Republic of Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Zimbabwe"):

capital of Zimbabwe; Harare; Salisbury (the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe)

Bulawayo (industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe)

Victoria; Victoria Falls (a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally)

Zambezi; Zambezi River (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean)

Meronyms (members of "Zimbabwe"):

Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwean (a native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe)

Holonyms ("Zimbabwe" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

Derivation:

Zimbabwean (of or relating to or characteristic of Zimbabwe or its people)

 Context examples 

According to Cheetah Conservation Project Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe's cheetah population dwindled from an estimated 1,500 in 1999 to 150–170 in 2013–2015, a roughly 85% decline.

(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)