name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌməʊzæmˈbiːk/
British, Southern, Standard:/ˌməwzamˈbɪjk/
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General-American:/ˌmoʊzæmˈbik/
Australian:/ˌməʉzæmˈbiːk/
New-Zealand:/ˌmɐʉzəmˈbiːk/
Scotland:/ˌmozamˈbik/
CMU ARPABET:M OW2 Z AE0 M B IY1 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:M OW2 Z AH0 M B IY1 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Moz.
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
The former communist country of the People's Republic of Mozambique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
The former communist country of the People's Republic of Mozambique.
A former colony of Portugal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
An island or its town in the province of Nampula, Mozambique, from which its name was transferred to the country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
name
Meaning 5
A broad strait, the modern Mozambique Channel, which separates the island of Madagascar from the African mainland of Mozambique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A native or inhabitant of Mozambique; a Mozambican.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Alternative letter-case form of mozambique (“fabric”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
Any of various kinds of dress material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Republic of Mozambique, Mocambique
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: African country, African nation
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Moçambique, from the name of sultan Mussa Bin Bique.
From Mozambique (“former Portuguese colony”); see more there.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Mosambiek
— country in Southern Africa
Amharic:
ሞዛምቢክ
(mozambik)
— country in Southern Africa
Arabic:
مُوزَمْبِيق
(mōzambīq, mūzambīq)
— country in Southern Africa
Arabic:
مُوزَامْبِيق
(mōzambīq, mūzambīq)
— country in Southern Africa
Armenian:
Մոզամբիկ
(Mozambik)
— country in Southern Africa
Asturian:
Mozambique
— country in Southern Africa
Azerbaijani:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Balinese:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Belarusian:
Мазамбі́к
(Mazambík)
— country in Southern Africa
Bengali:
মোজাম্বিক
(mōjambik)
— country in Southern Africa
Betawi:
Mosambik
— country in Southern Africa
Breton:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Bulgarian:
Мозамби́к
(Mozambík)
— country in Southern Africa
Burmese:
မိုဇမ်ဘစ်
(muijambhac)
— country in Southern Africa
Catalan:
Moçambic
— country in Southern Africa
Chichewa:
Mozambique
— country in Southern Africa
Chichewa:
Mozambiki
— country in Southern Africa
Chinese Mandarin:
莫桑比克
(Mòsāngbǐkè)
— country in Southern Africa
Chinese Mandarin:
莫三比克
(Mòsānbǐkè)
— country in Southern Africa
Czech:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Czech:
Mosambik
— country in Southern Africa
Danish:
Mozambique
— country in Southern Africa
Dhivehi:
މުސިންބީ
(musin̊bī)
— country in Southern Africa
Dutch:
Mozambique
— country in Southern Africa
Esperanto:
Mozambiko
— country in Southern Africa
Estonian:
Mosambiik
— country in Southern Africa
Faroese:
Mosambik
— country in Southern Africa
Finnish:
Mosambik
— country in Southern Africa
French:
Mozambique
— country in Southern Africa
Georgian:
მოზამბიკი
(mozambiḳi)
— country in Southern Africa
German:
Mosambik
— country in Southern Africa
Greek:
Μοζαμβίκη
(Mozamvíki)
— country in Southern Africa
Hebrew:
מוזמביק
— country in Southern Africa
Hindi:
मोज़ाम्बिक
(mozāmbik)
— country in Southern Africa
Hungarian:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Indonesian:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Interlingua:
Mozambique
— country in Southern Africa
Irish:
Mósaimbíc
— country in Southern Africa
Italian:
Mozambico
— country in Southern Africa
Japanese:
モザンビーク
(Mozanbīku)
— country in Southern Africa
Javanese:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Kamba:
Msumbiji
— country in Southern Africa
Kazakh:
Мозамбик
(Mozambik)
— country in Southern Africa
Khmer:
ម៉ូសំប៊ិក
(mousɑmbɨk)
— country in Southern Africa
Kikuyu:
Msumbiji
— country in Southern Africa
Korean:
모잠비크
(Mojambikeu)
— country in Southern Africa
Korean:
모잠비끄
(Mojambikkeu)
— country in Southern Africa
Kyrgyz:
Мозамбик
(Mozambik)
— country in Southern Africa
Lao:
ໂມຊໍາບິກ
(mō sam bik)
— country in Southern Africa
Latin:
Mozambicum
— country in Southern Africa
Lithuanian:
Mozambikas
— country in Southern Africa
Luhya:
Msumbiji
— country in Southern Africa
Luo:
Msumbiji
— country in Southern Africa
Macedonian:
Мозамбик
(Mozambik)
— country in Southern Africa
Malagasy:
Mozambika
— country in Southern Africa
Maltese:
il-Możambik
— country in Southern Africa
Manx:
Yn Vosambeeck
— country in Southern Africa
Māori:
Mohapiki
— country in Southern Africa
Marathi:
मोजाम्बिक
(mojāmbik)
— country in Southern Africa
Meru:
Msumbiji
— country in Southern Africa
Mongolian:
Мозамбик
(Mozambik)
— country in Southern Africa
Norman:
Mozambique
— country in Southern Africa
Norwegian Bokmål:
Mosambik
— country in Southern Africa
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Mosambik
— country in Southern Africa
Persian:
موزامبیک
(muzâmbik)
— country in Southern Africa
Polish:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Portuguese:
Moçambique
— country in Southern Africa
Romanian:
Mozambic
— country in Southern Africa
Russian:
Мозамби́к
(Mozambík)
— country in Southern Africa
Scottish Gaelic:
Mòsaimbic
— country in Southern Africa
Scottish Gaelic:
Mosambìog
— country in Southern Africa
Serbo-Croatian:
Мозамбик
— country in Southern Africa
Serbo-Croatian:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Sinhalese:
මොසැම්බික්
(mosæmbik)
— country in Southern Africa
Slovak:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Slovene:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Spanish:
Mozambique
— country in Southern Africa
Sundanese:
Mosambik
— country in Southern Africa
Swahili:
Msumbiji
— country in Southern Africa
Swedish:
Moçambique
— country in Southern Africa
Tagalog:
Mosambike
— country in Southern Africa
Tajik:
Мозамбик
(Mozambik)
— country in Southern Africa
Thai:
โมซัมบิก
(moo-sam-bìk)
— country in Southern Africa
Tigrinya:
ሞዛምቢክ
(mozambik)
— country in Southern Africa
Tumbuka:
Mozambiki
— country in Southern Africa
Turkish:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Turkmen:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Ukrainian:
Мозамбі́к
(Mozambík)
— country in Southern Africa
Urdu:
موزمبیق
(mozāmbīq)
— country in Southern Africa
Uzbek:
Mozambik
— country in Southern Africa
Vietnamese:
Mô-dăm-bích
— country in Southern Africa