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词汇 Zimbabwe
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Definition of Zimbabwe in English:

Zimbabwe

proper nounzɪmˈbɑːbweɪzɪmˈbɑːbwi
  • A landlocked country in south-eastern Africa, divided from Zambia by the Zambezi River; population 15,600,000 (estimated 2015); languages, English (official), Shona, Ndebele, and others; capital, Harare.

    津巴布韦(非洲东南部内陆国家,赞比西河将其与赞比亚相隔,2009年估计人口11, 392,600;语言有英语 官方语言、修纳语、恩德比利语等,首都哈拉雷)

Formerly known as Southern Rhodesia, the country was a self-governing British colony from 1923. In 1965 the white minority government of the colony (then called Rhodesia) issued a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) under its Prime Minister, Ian Smith. Despite UN sanctions, illegal independence lasted until 1979, when the Lancaster House Agreement led to all-party elections (1980) and black majority rule under Robert Mugabe. The country then became an independent republic and a member of the Commonwealth. In 2002, following controversial land reforms, Mugabe was returned to power in a presidential election widely regarded as undemocratic: as a result Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth for twelve months, and then chose to withdraw

Origin

From Shona dzimbabwe 'walled grave', originally referring to Great Zimbabwe, a complex of stone ruins in one of the country's fertile valleys, the remains of a city at the centre of a flourishing civilization in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Definition of Zimbabwe in US English:

Zimbabwe

proper noun
  • A landlocked country in southeastern Africa, divided from Zambia by the Zambezi River; population 15,600,000 (estimated 2015); languages, English (official), Shona, Ndebele, and others; capital, Harare.

    津巴布韦(非洲东南部内陆国家,赞比西河将其与赞比亚相隔,2009年估计人口11, 392,600;语言有英语 官方语言、修纳语、恩德比利语等,首都哈拉雷)

    Formerly known as Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe was a self-governing British colony from 1923. In 1965, the white minority government of the colony (then called Rhodesia) issued a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) under its prime minister, Ian Smith. Despite UN sanctions, illegal independence lasted until 1979, when the Lancaster House Agreement led to all-party elections in 1980 and black majority rule under Robert Mugabe. The country then became an independent republic and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. In 2002, Mugabe was returned to power in a presidential election widely regarded as undemocratic: as a result Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth for twelve months, and then chose to withdraw

Origin

From Shona dzimbabwe ‘walled grave’, originally referring to Great Zimbabwe, a complex of stone ruins in one of the country's fertile valleys, the remains of a city at the center of a flourishing civilization in the 14th and 15th centuries.

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