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Zimbabwean ZimbabweZim·bab·we Z0016100 (zĭm-bäb′wē, -wā)1. A country of southern Africa. Various Bantu peoples migrated into the area during the first millennium, displacing the earlier San inhabitants. European colonization began in 1889 under the British South Africa Company founded by Cecil Rhodes, and in 1923 it became the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia (often just Rhodesia), which formed part of the colonial federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1953 to 1963. Rhodesia declared itself independent in 1965, although independence was not formally granted by Great Britain until 1980. Harare is the capital and the largest city.2. also Great Zimbabwe A ruined city of southeast Zimbabwe south of Harare. First occupied by Iron Age peoples in the fourth century ad, it contains extensive remains of walls and towers dating from the 11th to 15th centuries. Zim·bab′we·an adj. & n.Zimbabwean (zɪmˈbɑːbwɪən; -weɪən) adj1. (Placename) of or relating to Zimbabwe or its inhabitants2. (Peoples) of or relating to Zimbabwe or its inhabitantsn (Peoples) a native or inhabitant of ZimbabweThesaurusNoun | 1. | Zimbabwean - a native or inhabitant of ZimbabweRepublic of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe - a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980African - a native or inhabitant of Africa | Adj. | 1. | Zimbabwean - of or relating to or characteristic of Zimbabwe or its people | TranslationsZimbabwean → 津巴布韦人zhCN, 津巴布韦的zhCNEncyclopediaSeeZimbabweZimbabwean Related to Zimbabwean: Zimbabwean dollarWords related to Zimbabweannoun a native or inhabitant of ZimbabweRelated Words- Republic of Zimbabwe
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