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Zanzibar.

An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈzænzɪbɑː(ɹ)/
  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.

    historical
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Classical Persian زنگبار (zangibār), literally meaning “black-skinned coast”.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.