zambia

1. 1.

   a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964

   SynonymsRepublic of ZambiaNorthern Rhodesia

   BroaderAfrican country

   Part ofAfrica

   PartsLusakaVictoriaZambezi

Other forms of zambia

plural

zambias·

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 zambia

What does zambia mean?

zambia means "a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964".

How many syllables are in zambia?

zambia has 3 syllables: zam-bi-a. The stress falls on "zam". In IPA it is /ˈzæmbiə/.

What is another word for zambia?

Close synonyms include Republic of Zambia, Northern Rhodesia. 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 zambia a common word?

zambia 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.