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Zulu

Zulu \Zu"lu\ (z[=oo]"l[=oo]), n. [Also Zooloo.]

  1. Any member of the tribe of Zulus; a Zulu-Kaffir. See Zulus.

  2. (Philol.) One of the most important members of the South African, or Bantu, family of languages, spoken partly in Natal and partly in Zululand, but understood, and more or less in use, over a wide territory, at least as far north as the Zambezi; -- called also Zulu-Kaffir.

  3. a word used in spoken communications to represent the letter Z.

Zulu

Zulus \Zu"lus\ (z[=oo]"l[=oo]z), n. pl.; sing. Zulu (-l[=oo]). (Ethnol.) The most important tribe belonging to the Kaffir race. They inhabit a region on the southeast coast of Africa, but formerly occupied a much more extensive country. They are noted for their warlike disposition, courage, and military skill.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Zulu

one of a Bantu people of South Africa, 1824, a native name. As radio code word for -z- from 1960.

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Zulu

Zulu may refer to:

Zulu (1964 film)

Zulu is a 1964 epic war film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War. It depicts 150 British soldiers, many of whom were sick and wounded patients in a field hospital, who successfully held off a force of 4,000 Zulu warriors.

The film was directed by American screenwriter Cy Endfield and produced by Stanley Baker and Endfield, with Joseph E. Levine as executive producer. The screenplay is by John Prebble and Endfield, based on an article by Prebble, a historical writer. The film stars Stanley Baker and introduces Michael Caine, in his first major role, with a supporting cast that includes Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Nigel Green, Paul Daneman, Glynn Edwards, Ivor Emmanuel and Patrick Magee. Future South African political leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi played Zulu King Cetshwayo kaMpande, his great grandfather. The opening and closing narration is spoken by Richard Burton.

The film was first shown on the 85th anniversary of the actual battle, 22 January 1964 at the Plaza Theatre in the West End of London.

Zulu (song)

"Zulu" is a 1981 song by British duo The Quick. "Zulu" was their most successful of three singles the group placed on the dance chart. The single went to number one for two weeks in October 1981. "Zulu" also peaked at number sixty on the R&B singles chart.

Zulu (2013 film)

Zulu is a 2013 English-language French produced crime film directed by Jérôme Salle. It was selected as the closing film at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

The film is partly based on Project Coast, the program for biological and chemical weapons of the South African apartheid regime, and the book Zulu by author Caryl Férey, winner of the French Grand Prix for Best Crime Novel of 2008.

Zulu (surname)

Zulu is the surname of:

  • Alexander Grey Zulu (born 1924), Zambian retired politician
  • Alphaeus Zulu (1905–1987), Anglican bishop and Speaker of the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly
  • Ballad Zulu, Zambian singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and economist
  • Justin Zulu (born 1989), Zambian footballer
  • Mahenge Zulu (born 1965), Italian/African retired boxer
  • Maiko Zulu, Zambian musician
  • Winstone Zulu (1964–2011), Zambian HIV and tuberculosis activist

Usage examples of "zulu".

I say all, my father, except three only--the big black Africander ox, the little red Zulu ox with one horn, and the speckled ox.

Boom, the late-twentieth-century, half Zulu, half Afrikaans, chief engineer, met them.

She was happy enough, to put my poor results down to my inability to grasp the subtlety of the Afrikaans language as well as being the youngest in class, whereas I already spoke Zulu and Shangaan and, like most small kids, found learning a new language simple enough.

ZULU 55 181 North, 10 561 East Control Room USS Archerfish Store Baelt Channel Between Fyn and Sjaelland Islands Denmark Soon after leaving the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland, the Archerfish entered the deeper waters of the Atlantic.

ZULU 67 221 North, 43 T East USS Archerfish The White Sea Union of Soviet Socialist Republics It had been a long, slow trip in from the Skagen to the mouth of the White Sea.

It was strange, Craig pondered, that the cattle-herding tribes seemed always to have been the most dominant and warlike: people such as the Masai and Bechuana and Zulu had always lorded it over the mere tillers of the earth.

It was strange, Craig pondered, that the cattle, herding tribes see me always to have been the most dominant and warlike: people such as the Masai and Bechuana and Zulu had always lorded it over the mere tillers of the earth.

Besides these primitive races there are the dark-skinned negroids of Bantu stock, commonly known in their tribal groups as Kaffirs, Zulu, Bechuana and Damara, which are again subdivided into many lesser groups.

Boomerang with my trousers round my knees and copping a twenty-dollar blowjob from a speed-fuelled Zulu called Agnes.

And once he plotted with the Zulus to slaughter him, telling Dingaan that he was an evildoer and a wizard, who would bring a curse upon his land.

A blinded Klidd, like a Kwakiutl tribesman or Zulu warrior, was disgraced and ashamed.

The Swazis were all in one gang, and the Zulus in another, and the Malawians in another.

So, fall not now, Daylight, and hold thy life in thee for fifteen short minutes more, old Zulu war-dog, and ye shall both live for ever in the annals of the land.

Boers would help him I assisted Pereira to break in the cattle he bought, and even consented when he asked me to give him the services of two of the Zulus whom I had hired.

I repeated to her word for word what the Zulus had told me, that it was Pereira, whose object seems to have been to bring about my death or capture.