Zulu

Zulu [1]
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• zulu, ZULU

Borrowed from English Zulu.

• IPA^(key): [ˈzulu]^[1]

Zulu

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter Z.
2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter Z.
3. (time zone) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+00:00)

ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes

code	Alfa	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Echo	Foxtrot	Golf	Hotel	India	Juliett	Kilo	Lima	Mike
	November	Oscar	Papa	Quebec	Romeo	Sierra	Tango	Uniform	Victor	Whiskey	Xray	Yankee	Zulu
	zero	one	two	three (tree)	four (fower)	five (fife)	six	seven	eight	nine (niner)	hundred	thousand	decimal

From Zulu umZulu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzuːluː/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -uːluː

Zulu (countable and uncountable, plural Zulu or Zulus)

1. A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.
2. Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.

   Noon MST is 19:00 Zulu.

• (member of the Zulu people): human, individual
• (Zulu time): time zone

Zulu

1. The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.

   Synonym: isiZulu

Zulu (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.

• 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 ⁠

From Ngoni; compare Zulu umZulu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzú.ɽu/

Zúlu

1. a surname from Ngoni

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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• IPA^(key): /ˈzulu/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Zoeloe

Zulu ? (plural Zulu's)

1. (law enforcement, slang) police helicopter

   Synonym: politiehelikopter