Namibia

See also: namibia, namíbia, Namibía, and Namíbia

English

Namibia

Etymology

From Namib (from Khoekhoe namib) ‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nəˈmɪbi.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪbiə

• Audio (Canada):

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Proper noun

Namibia

2. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.

Holonyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Namibian

Translations

Republic of Namibia

• Afrikaans: Namibië (af)
• Albanian: Namibia (sq)
• Amharic: ናሚቢያ (namibiya)
• Arabic: نَامِيبِيَا f (namībiyā)
• Aragonese: Namibia
• Armenian: Նամիբիա (Namibia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܵܡܝܼܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ f (nāmīḇīyā)
• Asturian: Namibia (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Namibiya (az)
• Basque: Namibia
• Belarusian: Намі́бія f (Namíbija)
• Bengali: নামিবিয়া (bn) (namibiẏa)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: নামিবিয়া (nāmibiẏā)
• Breton: Namibia
• Bulgarian: Нами́бия f (Namíbija)
• Burmese: နမီးဘီးယား (na.mi:bhi:ya:)
• Catalan: Namíbia (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 納米比亞／纳米比亚 (naap⁶ mai⁵ bei² aa³)

  Hokkien: Namibia

  Mandarin: 納米比亞／纳米比亚 (zh) (Nàmǐbǐyà)

• Cornish: Namibi
• Crimean Tatar: Namibiya
• Czech: Namibie (cs) f
• Danish: Namibia
• Dutch: Namibië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Namibio (eo)
• Estonian: Namiibia (et)
• Faroese: Namibia n
• Finnish: Namibia (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Namibie
• French: Namibie (fr) f
• Galician: Namibia (gl)
• Georgian: ნამიბია (ka) (namibia)
• German: Namibia (de) n
• Greek: Ναμίμπια (el) f (Namímpia)
• Haitian Creole: Namibi
• Hausa: Namibiya
• Hebrew: נמיביה f (namíbiya)
• Hindi: नामीबिया (hi) (nāmībiyā)
• Hungarian: Namíbia (hu)
• Icelandic: Namibía (is) f
• Ido: Namibia (io)
• Ilocano: Namibia
• Indonesian: Namibia (id)
• Irish: An Namaib f
• Italian: Namibia (it) f
• Japanese: ナミビア (ja) (Namibia)
• Javanese: Namibia
• Kalenjin: Namibia
• Kamba: Namibia
• Kannada: ನಮೀಬಿಯ (kn) (namībiya)
• Kapampangan: Namibia
• Kashmiri: नमीबिया (namībiyā)
• Kazakh: Намибия (kk) (Namibiä)
• Khmer: ណាមីប៊ី (km) (naamiibii)
• Kikuyu: Namibia
• Kongo: Namibia
• Korean: 나미비아 (ko) (Namibia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Namîbiya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Намибия (ky) (Namibiya)
• Latgalian: Namibeja
• Latin: Namibia
• Latvian: Namībija
• Ligurian: Namibia
• Lingala: Namibia
• Lithuanian: Namibija (lt)
• Low German: Namibia (nds)
• Luo: Namibia
• Luxembourgish: Namibien
• Macedonian: Намибија f (Namibija)
• Malay: Namibia (ms)
• Malayalam: നമീബിയ (namībiya)
• Maltese: Namibja f
• Manx: Yn Nameeb
• Maori: Namīpia
• Marathi: नामिबिया (nāmibiyā)
• Meru: Namibia
• Mongolian: Намиби (Namibi)
• Nahuatl: Namibia
• Navajo: Séí Dah Daaskʼidtah Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah
• Norman: Namibie f
• Northern Sami: Namibia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Namibia (no)

  Nynorsk: Namibia (nn)

• Occitan: Namibia (oc)
• Ossetian: Намиби (Namibi)
• Pashto: نېمبيا
• Persian: نامیبیا (nâmibiyâ)
• Piedmontese: Namibia
• Polish: Namibia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Namíbia (pt) f
• Quechua: Namibya
• Romanian: Namibia (ro) f
• Russian: Нами́бия (ru) f (Namíbija)
• Samogitian: Namibėjė
• Sanskrit: नमीबिया (namībiyā)
• Scots: Namibie
• Scottish Gaelic: Naimibia
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Намибија f

  Roman: Namibija (sh)

• Sicilian: Namibbia
• Silesian: Namibijo
• Slovak: Namíbia f
• Slovene: Namíbija (sl) f
• Spanish: Namibia (es)
• Swahili: Namibia (sw)
• Swedish: Namibia (sv)
• Tagalog: Namibya
• Tajik: Намибия (tg) (Namibiya)
• Tamil: நமீபியா (ta) (namīpiyā)
• Tatar: Намибия (Namibiyä)
• Telugu: నమీబియా (te) (namībiyā)
• Thai: นามิเบีย (th) (naa-mí-biia)
• Turkish: Namibya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Намі́бія (uk) f (Namíbija)
• Urdu: نمیبیا (nmebyā)
• Uzbek: Namibiya
• Venda: Namibia
• Venetan: Namibia
• Vietnamese: Nam-mi-bi-a, Na-mi-bi-a
• Volapük: Namibiyän
• Võro: Namiibia
• Welsh: Namibia
• Wolof: Namibi
• Yoruba: Namibia
• Zazaki: Namibya (Southern Zazaki)

See also

• Windhoek
• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

Namibia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Asturian

Proper noun

Namibia f

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Namibia

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Namibia

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Danish

Proper noun

Namibia

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• namibier
• namibisk

Faroese

Etymology

From Haiǁom / Khoekhoe namib (“desert”) Latinate suffix -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈmiːpia/
• Rhymes: -iːpia

Proper noun

Namibia n

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From German Namibia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑmibiɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝miˌbiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Na‧mi‧bi‧a

Proper noun

Namibia

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Namibia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Namibia	—
genitive		Namibian	—
partitive		Namibiaa	—
illative		Namibiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Namibia	—
accusative	nom.	Namibia	—
	gen.	Namibian
genitive		Namibian	—
partitive		Namibiaa	—
inessive		Namibiassa	—
elative		Namibiasta	—
illative		Namibiaan	—
adessive		Namibialla	—
ablative		Namibialta	—
allative		Namibialle	—
essive		Namibiana	—
translative		Namibiaksi	—
abessive		Namibiatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Namibia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Namibiani — accusative nom. Namibiani — gen. Namibiani genitive Namibiani — partitive Namibiaani — inessive Namibiassani — elative Namibiastani — illative Namibiaani — adessive Namibiallani — ablative Namibialtani — allative Namibialleni — essive Namibianani — translative Namibiakseni — abessive Namibiattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Namibiasi — accusative nom. Namibiasi — gen. Namibiasi genitive Namibiasi — partitive Namibiaasi — inessive Namibiassasi — elative Namibiastasi — illative Namibiaasi — adessive Namibiallasi — ablative Namibialtasi — allative Namibiallesi — essive Namibianasi — translative Namibiaksesi — abessive Namibiattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Namibiamme — accusative nom. Namibiamme — gen. Namibiamme genitive Namibiamme — partitive Namibiaamme — inessive Namibiassamme — elative Namibiastamme — illative Namibiaamme — adessive Namibiallamme — ablative Namibialtamme — allative Namibiallemme — essive Namibianamme — translative Namibiaksemme — abessive Namibiattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Namibianne — accusative nom. Namibianne — gen. Namibianne genitive Namibianne — partitive Namibiaanne — inessive Namibiassanne — elative Namibiastanne — illative Namibiaanne — adessive Namibiallanne — ablative Namibialtanne — allative Namibiallenne — essive Namibiananne — translative Namibiaksenne — abessive Namibiattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Namibiansa — accusative nom. Namibiansa — gen. Namibiansa genitive Namibiansa — partitive Namibiaansa — inessive Namibiassaan Namibiassansa — elative Namibiastaan Namibiastansa — illative Namibiaansa — adessive Namibiallaan Namibiallansa — ablative Namibialtaan Namibialtansa — allative Namibialleen Namibiallensa — essive Namibianaan Namibianansa — translative Namibiakseen Namibiaksensa — abessive Namibiattaan Namibiattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• namibialainen

 

compounds

• namibiankalliohiiri
• namibianlokki

 

Galician

Proper noun

Namibia f

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• namibio

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈmiːbia/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Namibia n (proper noun, genitive Namibias or (optionally with an article) Namibia)

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• Namibianer
• namibianisch
• Namibier
• namibisch
• Nordnamibia
• Südnamibia

See also

• (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik ^{(Category: de:Countries in Africa)}

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈmi.bja/
• Rhymes: -ibja
• Hyphenation: Na‧mì‧bia

Proper noun

Namibia f

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• namibiano

Latin

Proper noun

Namibia f sg (genitive Namibiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Namibia
genitive	Namibiae
dative	Namibiae
accusative	Namibiam
ablative	Namibiā
vocative	Namibia

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Namibia

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• namibier
• namibisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Namibia

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• namibiar
• namibisk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈmi.bja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ibja
• Syllabification: Na‧mi‧bia

Proper noun

Namibia f (related adjective namibijski)

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Declension of Namibia

	singular
nominative	Namibia
genitive	Namibii
dative	Namibii
accusative	Namibię
instrumental	Namibią
locative	Namibii
vocative	Namibio

Derived terms

• Namibijczyk
• Namibijka

 

See also

• (countries of Africa) państwa Afryki; Algieria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Czad, Demokratyczna Republika Konga, Dżibuti, Egipt, Erytrea, Eswatini, Etiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gwinea, Gwinea Bissau, Gwinea Równikowa, Kamerun, Kenia, Komory, Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Maroko, Mauretania, Mauritius, Mozambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Południowa Afryka, Republika Środkowoafrykańska, Republika Zielonego Przylądka, Rwanda, Sahara Zachodnia, Senegal, Seszele, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan Południowy, Tanzania, Togo, Tunezja, Uganda, Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej, Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: pl:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Namibia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈmibja/ [naˈmi.β̞ja]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ibja
• Syllabification: Na‧mi‧bia

Proper noun

Namibia f

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• inseparable de Namibia

 

Related terms

• namibio

 

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Namibia

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Namibia n (genitive Namibias)

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• namibier
• namibisk
• namibiska

References

• Namibia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Yoruba

Nàmíbíà

Etymology

Borrowed from English Namibia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nà.mí.bí.à/

Proper noun

Nàmíbíà

1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)