Tansáin

Irish

Etymology

From English Tanzania, a blend of Tanganyika and Zanzibar + -ia.

Proper noun

An Tansáin f (genitive na Tansáine)

1. Tanzania (a country in East Africa)

   Synonym: Poblacht Aontaithe na Tansáine

Derived terms

• Tansánach (“Tanzanian”, adjective)
• Tansánach m (“Tanzanian”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Tansáin	Thansáin	dTansáin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Tanzania”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024