Where does “KwaZulu” come from?

KwaZulu (English) comes from Zulu KwaZulu, from Zulu uZulu, from Zulu u-, from Zulu ulu-, from Proto-Bantu dʊ́-dʊ̀-.

KwaZulu (English): A former bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a homeland for the Zulu people

Definitions

  1. A former bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a homeland for the Zulu people

Ancestry of “KwaZulu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ZuluKwaZuluZululand
2ZuluuZulua Zulu clan name or surname
3Zuluu-you, thou; second-person singular subject...
4Zuluulu-Archaic form of u-
5Proto-Bantudʊ́-dʊ̀-—

Words derived from “KwaZulu”

Every word from Proto-Bantu dʊ́-dʊ̀- →
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