Zulu: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)
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Encyclopedia: Zulu
The Zulu were originally a minor clan in what is today Northern KwaZulu-Natal, founded ca. 1709 by Zulu kaNtombhela. In the Zulu language, Zulu means heaven, or sky. At that time, the area was occupied by many large Nguni tribes and clans (also called isizwe=nation, people or "isibongo"=clan). Nguni tribes had migrated down Africa's east coast over thousands of years, probably arriving in what is now South Africa in about the year 800 AD
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How to say "Zulu" in other languages:
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(Chinese) | 祖魯 |
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(German) | Zulu (Volk) |
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(Spanish) | Zulú (etnia) |
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(French) | Peuple zoulou |
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(Italian) | Zulu |
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Jama kaNdaba (d. 1781), the son of Ndaba kaMageba, was chief of the Zulu clan from 1763 to 1781.... Senzangakona was the father of three Zulu kings, including the greatest, Shaka. His name is derived from the Zulu word meaning "he of the stern countenance...
Mpande (17981872) was king of the Zulu nation from 1840 to 1872, making him the longest reigning Zulu king. He was a half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, who both preceded him as kings of the Zulu. He was born in Babanango, Zululand. He was succeeded by his son Cetshwayo kwaMpande...
This List of Zulu kings gives a list of Zulu chieftains and kings from their earliest known history up to the current monarch: Malandela kaLuzumana Ntombhela kaMalandela, son of Malandela. Zulu kaNtombhela, son of Ntombhela, founder and chief of the Zulu clan from ca. 1709. Ghumede kaZulu, son of...
: Armament: Aircraft: Motto: HMS Zulu (F124) was a Tribal-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named after an ethnic group located primarily in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Zulu was... mountain in northern Morocco. Zulu sent her Westland Wasp helicopter to the wreckage sight, where...
Indlamu is a traditional Zulu dance from South Africa where the dancer lifts one foot over his head and brings it down hard, landing squarely on the music's downbeat. Typically, two dancers in... referred to as a Zulu war dance...
Battle before: Battle of Isandlwana Battle after: ? Battle of Rorke's Drift Conflict Zulu... Combatants Britain Zulu Nation Commanders John Rouse Merriott Chard ? Strength 139... the Anglo-Zulu War, immediately followed the British Army's humiliating defeat at the Battle of...
Dingane kaSenzangakhona (ca. 1795-1840) was a Zulu chief who became king in 1828 by assasinating his half-brother Shaka, the founder of the Zulu nation. Dingane lacked Shakas military and... Battle of Blood River. Subsequent Boer intervention in Zulu domestic affairs led in 1840 to the...
For Robert Tyre Jones Jnr, the US golfer, see Bobby Jones Robert Jones was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, earned during the 1879 battle of battle of Rorke's Drift, South Africa, part of the Anglo-Zulu War...
Senzangakona (ca. 1762 - 1816) was a chief of the Zulu clan, succeeding his father Jama kaNdaba... into the Zulu kingdom. His sixth wife, Mpikase kaMlilela Ngobese, bore Dingane, who took over the Zulu kingdom after assassinating his half-brother Shaka in 1828 at present-day Stanger. His ninth wife...
Hlatikulu Forest is a forest in the Lebombo Mountains of South Africa, between Ingwavuma and the Pongola Gorge. The forest is also known as the Gwaliweni Forest. It is the site of the murder of the Zulu king Dingane by Zulu Nyawo, Sambane and Nondawana. After being stabbed to death, Dingane was...
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