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Zwelibanzi

/zweh-lee-BAHN-zee/Xhosa & Zulu · a boy or girl’s name

“A broad and generous world”

In Xhosa

How to say it
zweh-lee-BAHN-zee
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
South Africa
How common
rare

The name, word by word

izweworld or nation
·libanziwide or broad

From the same family

01Zwelakhe“Belonging to one's country”Xhosaany→︎02Zwelidumile“The nation/world is famous.”Xhosamale→︎03Zwelinzima“The nation/world is difficult or hard.”Xhosamale→︎04Zwelonke“The whole nation/world.”Xhosamale→︎

In Zulu

How to say it
zweh-lee-BAHN-zee
Given to
Boys
Used in
South Africa
How common
rare

From the same family

01Zwelakhe“His nation/country; of his land.”Zulumale→︎02Zwelethu“Our country or homeland”Zuluany→︎03Zweli“Nation/country (from izwe).”Zulumale→︎04Zwelithini“What does the nation say?”Zulumale→︎05Zwelonke“The whole nation; unity and wholeness”Zulumale→︎