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Zulu¹

  • /ˈzuːluː/

Rhymes with -uːluː

noun Zulu · Zulus · Zooloo · Zoolu

  1. countable, uncountable A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
  2. UK, countable, dated, ethnic, slang, slur Any black person.
  3. countable, uncountable Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time. Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.

proper noun Zooloo · Zoolu

  1. The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu. If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt.

    Similar: isiZulu

adjective Zooloo · Zoolu

  1. not comparable Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language. If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt.

zulu²

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Zulu from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: impi, kafir, xosa, please, shaka, utc, gmt, ut, zulu time, universal time, world time, military time, base time, reference time, zoola, zuludom

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noun member of the Zulu people

日本語ズールー人 zūrū-jin
KiswahiliMzulu
Portuguêszulu
FrançaisZoulou, Zouloue
DeutschZulu
Italianozulù
ΕλληνικάΖουλού Zouloú
Русскийзулу́с zulús

noun Zulu people (plural)

日本語ズールー族 zūrū-zoku
中文祖魯族人 /祖鲁族人 Zǔlǔ zúrén, 祖鲁人 zǔlǔrén
Portuguêszulu
FrançaisZoulous
DeutschZulu, Zulus
Italianozulù

name language

日本語ズールー語 zūrū-go
中文祖魯語 /祖鲁语 Zǔlǔyǔ
KiswahiliKizulu
Portuguêszulu
Françaiszoulou
DeutschZulu, Zulusprache, Zuluisch, isiZulu
Italianozulù
Русскийзу́лу zúlu, зулу́сский zulússkij

adj pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language

Españolzulú
KiswahiliKizulu
Portuguêszulu
Françaiszoulou
DeutschZulu-, zulu-, zuluisch
Italianozulù
ΕλληνικάΖουλού Zouloú
Русскийзулу́сский zulússkij

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"zulu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zulu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"zulu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zulu.

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@misc{zulu_2026,
  title = {zulu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zulu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}