HOW TO PRONOUNCE
zanzibar
/ˈzænzəˌbɑɹ/
Press play to hear how to pronounce zanzibar.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does zanzibar mean?
proper noun
- An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- (historical) A former sultanate in East Africa in the Indian Ocean, which merged with Tanganyika in 1963 to form Tanzania.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˈzænzəˌbɑɹ/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.
The Swahili live principally along the coast of British East Africa and at Zanzibar.
More book examples (3)
"Why," he asks, "should Englishmen poison or stab their wives when a few months at Zanzibar would do the business more quietly and effectually?"
Some of these slaves were sold to the Arabs to take away to Zanzibar and across the sea, or to take across the desert to Egypt.
It was by the merest caprice of fortune that they headed toward the west coast of Africa, instead of toward Zanzibar on the opposite side of the dark continent.