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Meaning of Zanzibar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈzænzɪbɑː(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.
  2. A former sultanate in East Africa in the Indian Ocean, which merged with Tanganyika in 1963 to form Tanzania.

Equivalents

العربية زنجبار زنزبار
Deutsch Sansibar
Español Zanzíbar
فارسی زنگبار
Suomi Sansibar
Français zanzibar
עברית זנזיבר
हिन्दी जग
Italiano Zanzibar
日本語 ザンジバル
한국어 잔지바르
Latviešu Zanzibāra
Nederlands Zanzibar
Polski Zanzibar
Português Zanzibar
Русский Занзиба́р
Kiswahili Unguja

Examples

“Other examples of nonhuman self-domestication in the wild exist—for instance, the Zanzibar red colobus monkey diverged from the mainland African red colobus in similar ways during its island isolation—but bonobos are the closest and most relevant to us.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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