zama

1. 1.

   the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War

   Synonymsbattle of Zama

   Broaderpitched battle

   Part ofPunic War

   Tunisia

Other forms of zama

plural

zamas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about zama

What does zama mean?

zama means "the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War".

How many syllables are in zama?

zama has 2 syllables: za-ma. The stress falls on "za".

What is another word for zama?

Close synonyms include battle of Zama. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is zama a common word?

zama is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.