Zambezi

American  

[zam-bee-zee] / zæmˈbi zi /

noun

1. a river in S Africa, flowing S and W from Zambia through E Angola and Zambia and then E along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. 1,650 miles (2,657 km) long.

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Zambezi British  

/ zæmˈbiːzɪ /

noun

1. a river in S central and E Africa, rising in NW Zambia and flowing across E Angola back into Zambia, continuing south to the Caprivi Strip of Namibia, then east forming the Zambia–Zimbabwe border, and finally crossing Mozambique to the Indian Ocean: the fourth longest river in Africa. Length: 2740 km (1700 miles)

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Other Word Forms

• Zambezian adjective

Example Sentences

Located on the Zambezi, the fourth-longest river in Africa, Kariba was built in the 1950s and is the reservoir for the country’s largest underground power station, Kariba North Bank Power Station.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024

Great Zimbabwe was an advanced trade-based civilization established by Bantu speakers between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers in the south-central African interior.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Similar scenes are playing out in neighboring Zambia, which also depends on the struggling Kariba hydropower station on the Zambezi River for electricity.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 7, 2023

No one abandons a Lime scooter on the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina or builds an Equinox gym right next to the Zambezi River’s Victoria Falls.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022

When the Zambezi was dammed, the water had pushed up into the river and drowned part of the shoreline.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer