Type River

Meaning & History

The name of a river in Southern Africa, of uncertain meaning. It could possibly be from the name of the Bisa people of Zambia. According to the explorer David Livingstone it meant "great river".

Related Names

VariantsZambia(Chewa) Zambia(Bemba) Zambia(Tonga)
Other Languages & CulturesZambiya(Arabic) Zambiya(Belarusian) Zambija(Bosnian) Zambiya(Bulgarian) Zambija(Croatian) Zambie(Czech) Zambia(Danish) Zambia(Dutch) Sambia(Finnish) Zambie(French) Sambia(German) Zambia(Hungarian) Zambia(Italian) Zanbia(Japanese) Zambiya(Kazakh) Zambija(Latvian) Zambija(Lithuanian) Zambija(Macedonian) Zambia(Norwegian) Zambia(Polish) Zâmbia(Portuguese) Zambia(Romanian) Zambiya(Russian) Zambija(Serbian) Zambia(Slovak) Zambija(Slovene) Zambia(Spanish) Zambia(Swedish) Zambiya(Turkish) Zambiya(Ukrainian)
Entry updated April 23, 2024