Borrowed fromEnglishZulu.
Zulu
- (international standards)NATO,ICAO,ITU &IMOradiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letterZ.
- (nautical)Signal flag for the letterZ.
- (time zone)Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+00:00)
the letter "Z" in a national spelling alphabet
- ^DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, June 2022, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)
FromZuluumZulu.
Zulu (countable anduncountable,pluralZuluorZulus)
- A member of anAfricanethnic group living mainly in theKwaZulu-Natal Province in easternSouth Africa.
- Time along theprime meridian;UTC;Zulu time.
Noon MST is 19:00Zulu.
member of the Zulu people
Translations to be checked
Zulu
- Thelanguage of these people, aBantu language;isiZulu.
- Synonym:isiZulu
2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, inWIRED[1], archived fromthe original on25 January 2022:If he puts in aZulu word, that means there are Zulu people in the Belt.
2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, inArs Technica[2]:The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix of English, Chinese, romance languages like French, German, Persian, Hebrew,Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request them.
Zulu (notcomparable)
- Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.
2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, inWIRED[3], archived fromthe original on25 January 2022:If he puts in a Zulu word, that means there areZulu people in the Belt.
pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language
FromNgoni; compareZuluumZulu.
Zúlu
- asurname 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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Zulu ? (pluralZulu's,nodiminutive)
- (law enforcement, slang)police helicopter
- Synonym:politiehelikopter