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单词 tanzanian
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Tanzaniann.adj.

Brit. /ˌtanzəˈniːən/, U.S. /ˌtænzəˈniən/, East African English /tanˈzanjan/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with English elements. Etymons: proper name Tanzania , -an suffix.
Etymology: < Tanzania (Swahili Tanzania), the name of a country in East Africa (see note) + -an suffix.The name was consciously formed (apparently in English) < Tan- (in the name of Tanganyika : see Tanganyikan adj.) + Zan- (in the name of Zanzibar : see Zanzibari n.) + -ia suffix1, to reflect the origin of the country as a union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar; compare quot. 1964 at sense A.
A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Tanzania, a country in East Africa formed by the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of East Africa > [noun] > countries or regions
Mozambiquer1803
Muganda1863
Zanzibari1882
Rwanda1889
Tonga1891
Ugandan1893
Eritrean1902
Tanganyikan1906
White Highlander1921
Rwandan1926
Kenyan1930
assimilado1953
Rwandese1955
Malawian1963
Tanzanian1964
Malawi1966
Mozambican1971
1964 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 30 Oct. 17/7 The new name of the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is Tanzania, and the Tanzanian who suggested it has won $28.
1970 Drum (Johannesburg) Feb. (E. Afr. ed.) 22/3 A gradual increase in standards of health, education and housing..will mean in the end healthier, wealthier, better-fed and happier Tanzanians.
2019 Citizen (Tanzania) (Nexis) 25 Nov. A Tanzanian..has been appointed acting executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
B. adj.
Of, belonging to, or relating to Tanzania or its inhabitants.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > Central African lands
Nigritian1757
Sudanic1802
Sudanese1853
Mozambican1875
Nigerian1876
Zanzibari1884
Rhodesian1892
Chadian1960
Katangese1962
Tanzanian1964
Lagosian1967
Namibian1968
Malawian1970
Zairean1973
Zairois1973
Zairese1974
1964 Anderson (Indiana) Sunday Herald 1 Nov. 5/6 (headline) Pawnshops abolished in Tanzanian order.
1973 Listener 6 Sept. 301/1 The Chinese-built Freedom Railways reached the Zambian border, its Tanzanian section having been completed.
2014 M. G. Vassanji And Home was Kariakoo (2015) 229 Christian-Muslim coexistence in a family is not unusual; it's in the nature of Tanzanian society to accept and live with others' beliefs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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