Mozambique

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Country in Africa

Mozambicum, Mozambicī, n

Noun [Cite]

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /mozˈzam.bi.kum/, [mɔz̪ˈd̪͡z̪ämbɪkʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /modˈd͡zam.bi.kum/, [mod̪ˈd̪͡z̪ämbikum]
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Mozambicum
Genitive Mozambicī
Dative Mozambicō
Accusative Mozambicum
Ablative Mozambicō
Vocative Mozambicum


Etymology:

Borrowed from Portuguese Moçambique, from the name of sultan Mussa Bin Bique, ie Mussa + ibn + Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ka (“announce, prophesy”), thus "Moses, descendant of the prophet".

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Rēs pūblica Mozambicī, Reī pūblicae Mozambicī, f

Noun [Cite]

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /reːs ˈpuː.bli.ka mozˈzam.bi.kiː/, [reːs̠ ˈpuːblʲɪkä mɔz̪ˈd̪͡z̪ämbɪkiː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /res ˈpu.bli.ka modˈd͡zam.bi.t͡ʃi/, [rɛs ˈpuːblikä mod̪ˈd̪͡z̪ämbit͡ʃi]

Meaning:

Long form of Mozambicum

Declension

Fifth-declension noun with a first-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Rēs pūblica Mozambicī
Genitive Reī pūblicae Mozambicī
Dative Reī pūblicae Mozambicī
Accusative Rem pūblicam Mozambicī
Ablative Rē pūblicā Mozambicī
Vocative Rēs pūblica Mozambicī


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