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# zulu

noun (a Zulu, Zulus; Zulu — the language); adjective (Zulu)

«zulu» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The Zulu are a large people of southern Africa, living mostly in South Africa, especially KwaZulu-Natal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zulu/#m1)
2. Zulu (isiZulu) is their language, the most widely spoken home language in South Africa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zulu/#m2)
3. «Zulu» is the word for the letter Z in the international spelling alphabet (Alpha, Bravo … Yankee, Zulu). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zulu/#m3)
4. (military, aviation) «Zulu time» means world standard time (UTC). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zulu/#m4)

### In the lessons

In history and geography lessons you meet the Zulu kingdom and King Shaka, and South Africa's many languages. On the radio, pilots and police spell letters with words: «Z for Zulu». Usually written with a capital Z.

### Examples

- Zulu is one of South Africa's official languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zulu/#x1)
- «Sawubona» means «hello» in Zulu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zulu/#x2)
- The Zulu kingdom was powerful under King Shaka. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zulu/#x3)
- My cousin spelled her postcode on the phone: «Bravo, Zulu, one, four». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zulu/#x4)
- The pilot gave the time in Zulu time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zulu/#x5)
- We watched a Zulu dance with drums and shields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zulu/#x6)

### Note

Write with a capital Z. In Zulu itself the people are «amaZulu» and the language «isiZulu». Avoid old pictures that show Zulu people only as warriors; they are a modern nation of millions. Plural: Zulus or the Zulu.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «zulu» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zulu/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«zulu» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/zulu.html) on Mova free.