Mbabane

American

[bah-bahn, -bah-nee, uhm-bah-] / bɑˈbɑn, -ˈbɑ ni, əm bɑ- /

noun

a city in and the capital of Swaziland, in the NW part.

Mbabane British

/ əmbɑːˈbɑːnɪ /

noun

the capital of Swaziland, in the northwest: administrative and financial centre, with a large iron mine nearby. Pop: 71 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

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Their arrival comes a day before a court case against the deportations is set to resume in the main city, Mbabane.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

“The army and the police are everywhere, and the situation is so tense,” Thulani Maseko, a human rights lawyer in Mbabane, said by phone on Wednesday.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2021

The school’s fluorescent lighting and worn linoleum were in marked contrast to his own alma mater, a private school on a verdant hillside in Mbabane, Swaziland.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019

“It’s never happened in the history of Swaziland,” Zodwa Mabuza, chief executive officer of the Swaziland Federation of Employers and Chamber of Commerce, said in a Feb. 14 interview in Mbabane.

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 18, 2011

Then I realized that any reply would seem impolite and possibly evasive, so I decided to make a quick trip to Mbabane and make the laggard call on the Honorable Mr. Honey.

From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by O'Neil, Owen Rowe

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