Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
A certain portion of the coast of East Africa.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne of the Bantu-speaking inhabitants of this part of East Africa.
Borrowed from Arabic زَنْج (zanj, “The East African coastlands”), from Persian زنگ (zang, “East Africa”) or its Middle Persian etymon; see the Persian entry for more.
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