Zulu

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Zulu [2]
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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)

 

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Zulu (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

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