Zulu
Translingual edit
Zulu [2] |
Zulu [3] |
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Noun edit
Zulu
- (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter Z.
- (nautical) Signal flag for the letter Z.
- (time zone) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+00:00)
code | Alfa | Bravo | Charlie | Delta | Echo | Foxtrot | Golf | Hotel | India | Juliett | Kilo | Lima | Mike |
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code | November | Oscar | Papa | Quebec | Romeo | Sierra | Tango | Uniform | Victor | Whiskey | Xray | Yankee | Zulu |
Translations edit
the letter "Z" in a national spelling alphabet
References edit
- ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, June 2022, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)
English edit
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Zulu (countable and uncountable, plural Zulu or Zulus)
- A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
- Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.
- Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.
Hypernyms edit
- (member of the Zulu people): human, individual
- (Zulu time): time zone
Translations edit
member of the Zulu people
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Zulu people (plural)
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Proper noun edit
Zulu
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Adjective edit
Zulu (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.
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pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
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See also edit
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Zulu terms
- Appendix:Zulu Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Zulu
- ISO 639-1 code zu, ISO 639-3 code zul (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Zulu, zul
Chichewa edit
Etymology edit
From Ngoni; compare Zulu umZulu.
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Proper noun edit
Zúlu
- a surname from Ngoni
Statistics edit
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Zulu was the 4th most common surname in Zambia (212 468 persons = 1.4 percent of the population) and the 53rd most common surname in Malawi (23227 persons = 0.1 percent of the population).
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Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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Noun edit
Zulu ? (plural Zulu's)
- (law enforcement, slang) police helicopter
- Synonym: politiehelikopter