Zama

American  

[zey-muh, zah-mah] / ˈzeɪ mə, ˈzɑ mɑ /

noun

1. an ancient town in N Africa, SW of Carthage: the Romans defeated Hannibal near here in the final battle of the second Punic War, 202 b.c.

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Zama British  

/ ˈzɑːmə /

noun

1. the name of several ancient cities in N Africa, including the one near the site of Scipio's decisive defeat of Hannibal (202 _bc )

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Example Sentences

He came from the area where the real Zama King was killed.

From Los Angeles Times

And Zama King, another character that the young “Roman” focuses his fable on, was the notorious leader of the Microbes, a gang in Ivory Coast’s principal city of Abidjan.

From Los Angeles Times

“It doesn’t even make sense!” one prisoner protests, and the movie keeps edging from compressed into sketchy, with Zama King oddly remaining a blank.

From New York Times

Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, was found guilty of murdering, dismembering and storing the bodies of the nine in his apartment in Zama city in Kanagawa, on the outskirts of Tokyo, the report said.

From Reuters

He allegedly murdered, dismembered and stored their body parts in his flat in the Japanese city of Zama, near Tokyo.

From BBC