ZAMBIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zambia mean? 

• ZAMBIA (noun)
  The noun ZAMBIA has 1 sense:

1. a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964

  Familiarity information: ZAMBIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZAMBIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia; Zambia

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Zambia"):

capital of Zambia; Lusaka (the capital and largest city of Zambia)

Victoria; Victoria Falls (a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally)

Zambezi; Zambezi River (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean)

Meronyms (members of "Zambia"):

Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)

Zambian (a native or inhabitant of Zambia)

Holonyms ("Zambia" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

Derivation:

Zambian (of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its people)