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

“The anger will help speed up the process of change,” Vincent Dlamini, Deputy Secretary General of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions, said in an interview in Mbabane on Feb. 14.

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 18, 2011

There are a number of interesting characters who live in Mbabane year in and year out.

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

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