Standard Lemma guide

Mozambique

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌməʊzæmˈbiːk/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˌməwzamˈbɪjk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
  • Welsh: Mosambic — country in Southern Africa
  • Yoruba: Moṣamibiku — country in Southern Africa
Real reading context

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