Type Political Subdivision & Settlement
Usage English, Chewa, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish
Scripts לוסקה(Hebrew) Лусака(Russian) 卢萨卡(Chinese) 盧薩卡(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. /luː.ˈsɑːkə/(English) /ɽu.ˈsa.ka/(Chewa) /ɽu.ˈsá.ka/(Chewa) /lʷúː.sàː.kʰǎː/(Chinese) /lʊ.sa.ka/(Czech) /ly.sa.ka/(French) /lu.ˈzaː.ka/(German) /lu.ˈza.ka/(Italian) /ɫʊ.ˈsa.kə/(Russian) /ˈlu.sa.ka/(Slovak) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
From Lusaaka, the name of a local Lenje chief. This is the name of the capital city of Zambia, as well as the district and the province in which the city is located.