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Zimbabwe.

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.

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name/zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/Received-Pronunciation/zɪmˈbɑːbwɛj/British, Southern, Standard/zɪmˈbɑbweɪ/General-American/zɪmˈbɐːbwæɪ/Australia
  1. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mbá Shona imbá Proto-Bantu *ìbʊ̀è Shona ibwe Shona dzimba-dze-mabweder. English Zimbabwe From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“houses of stones”) (see imba (“house”), ibwe (“stone”)), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

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