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Meaning of Zulu | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈzuːluː

Definitions

  1. A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
  2. The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Zulu from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
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  4. Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.

Equivalents

Afrikaans Zoeloe
Català zulu
Ελληνικά Ζουλού
Español zulú
Suomi zulu zulut
Français zoulou zoulous
Galego zulú
Íslenska súlú
Italiano zulu zulu
Kurdî zûlû
Nederlands Zoeloe Zoeloes
Polski żulu zuluski
Português zulu zulu
Svenska zulu
Kiswahili Kizulu
Türkçe Zuluca
IsiZulu amaZulu isiZulu

Examples

“Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.”
“If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt.”
“The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix of English, Chinese, romance languages like French, German, Persian, Hebrew, Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request them.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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