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ZAMBIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Zambia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Zambian" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Zambian" is a member of...):

Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia; Zambia (a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964)

Derivation:

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

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

Zambian (a native or inhabitant of Zambia)

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