Namibia

See also: namibia, namíbia, Namibía, and Namíbia
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English

Flag of Namibia
Namibia on a globe

Etymology

From Namib (from Khoekhoe namib) + -ia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Namibia

  2. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.
    • 2026 October 14, Nick Eardley, Vicky Wong, “UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy”, in BBC News‎[1], retrieved 14 October 2026:
      Earlier this year, the UK threatened bans against Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Holonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

Further reading

Namibia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Asturian

Proper noun

Namibia f

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Namibia

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Namibia

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Danish

Proper noun

Namibia

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

From Haiǁom / Khoekhoe namib (“desert”) + Latinate suffix -ia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈmiːpia/
  • Rhymes: -iːpia

Proper noun

Namibia n

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From German Namibia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑmibiɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝miˌbiɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Na‧mi‧bi‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): Na‧mi‧bia

Proper noun

Namibia

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Namibia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Namibia —
genitive Namibian —
partitive Namibiaa —
illative Namibiaan —
singular plural
nominative Namibia —
accusative nom. Namibia —
gen. Namibian
genitive Namibian —
partitive Namibiaa —
inessive Namibiassa —
elative Namibiasta —
illative Namibiaan —
adessive Namibialla —
ablative Namibialta —
allative Namibialle —
essive Namibiana —
translative Namibiaksi —
abessive Namibiatta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Namibia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Namibiani —
accusative nom. Namibiani —
gen. Namibiani
genitive Namibiani —
partitive Namibiaani —
inessive Namibiassani —
elative Namibiastani —
illative Namibiaani —
adessive Namibiallani —
ablative Namibialtani —
allative Namibialleni —
essive Namibianani —
translative Namibiakseni —
abessive Namibiattani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Namibiasi —
accusative nom. Namibiasi —
gen. Namibiasi
genitive Namibiasi —
partitive Namibiaasi —
inessive Namibiassasi —
elative Namibiastasi —
illative Namibiaasi —
adessive Namibiallasi —
ablative Namibialtasi —
allative Namibiallesi —
essive Namibianasi —
translative Namibiaksesi —
abessive Namibiattasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Namibiamme —
accusative nom. Namibiamme —
gen. Namibiamme
genitive Namibiamme —
partitive Namibiaamme —
inessive Namibiassamme —
elative Namibiastamme —
illative Namibiaamme —
adessive Namibiallamme —
ablative Namibialtamme —
allative Namibiallemme —
essive Namibianamme —
translative Namibiaksemme —
abessive Namibiattamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Namibianne —
accusative nom. Namibianne —
gen. Namibianne
genitive Namibianne —
partitive Namibiaanne —
inessive Namibiassanne —
elative Namibiastanne —
illative Namibiaanne —
adessive Namibiallanne —
ablative Namibialtanne —
allative Namibiallenne —
essive Namibiananne —
translative Namibiaksenne —
abessive Namibiattanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Namibiansa —
accusative nom. Namibiansa —
gen. Namibiansa
genitive Namibiansa —
partitive Namibiaansa —
inessive Namibiassaan
Namibiassansa 		—
elative Namibiastaan
Namibiastansa 		—
illative Namibiaansa —
adessive Namibiallaan
Namibiallansa 		—
ablative Namibialtaan
Namibialtansa 		—
allative Namibialleen
Namibiallensa 		—
essive Namibianaan
Namibianansa 		—
translative Namibiakseen
Namibiaksensa 		—
abessive Namibiattaan
Namibiattansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

Galician

Proper noun

Namibia f

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Namibia n (proper noun, genitive Namibias or (optionally with an article) Namibia)

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

See also

countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Khoekhoe namib + -ia.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /namiˈbia/ [na.miˈbi.a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: Na‧mi‧bi‧a

Proper noun

Namibia

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Noun

Namibia (plural Namibia-Namibia or para Namibia)

  1. Namibian

Adjective

Namibia (comparative lebih Namibia, superlative paling Namibia)

  1. Namibian

See also

countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈmi.bja/
  • Rhymes: -ibja
  • Hyphenation: Na‧mì‧bia

Proper noun

Namibia f

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Latin

Proper noun

Namibia f sg (genitive Namibiae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Namibia
genitive Namibiae
dative Namibiae
accusative Namibiam
ablative Namibiā
vocative Namibia

Norwegian Bokmål

The flag of Namibia flying against a clear sky.
Namibia in Africa.
Sand dunes near Sossusvlei in the Namib Desert.

Etymology

Internationalism, based on English Namibia, coined in 1959 by the Namibian nationalist Mburumba Kerina from English Namib (“Namib Desert”) and New Latin -ia (“country-name-forming suffix”). The name refers to the Namib Desert, whose name is from Khoekhoe namib (“walkabout; wasteland”), from Khoekhoe nami (“to walk about”). The Khoekhoe name has consequently also been interpreted as referring to an empty or desolate area.

The territory had previously been known internationally as South West Africa. The name Namibia was adopted by the United Nations in 1968, before the country became independent in 1990.

Parallel international adaptations include Norwegian Nynorsk Namibia, Danish Namibia, Swedish Namibia, German Namibia and English Namibia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹naˈmiː.bɪ.a/, [naˈmìː.bɪ.a]
  • Rhymes: -iːbɪa
  • Hyphenation: Na‧mi‧bi‧a

Proper noun

Namibia

  1. Namibia; a country in Southern Africa, Africa, with a coast on the Atlantic Ocean and Windhoek as its capital.
    Namibia ble selvstendig i 1990 etter en lang frigjøringskamp. ― Namibia became independent in 1990 after a long struggle for independence.
    • 2011 June 18, Altaposten, page 18:
      vi gjorde landfall i Luderitz, en liten havneby i det sørlige Namibia
      we made landfall in Lüderitz, a small port town in southern Namibia

Usage notes

  • The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Namibia (“the Republic of Namibia”).

Derived terms

See also

countries in Africa: land i Afrika (appendix)edit

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Namibia

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈmi.bja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibja
  • Syllabification: Na‧mi‧bia

Proper noun

Namibia f (related adjective namibijski)

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Declension of Namibia
singular
nominative Namibia
genitive Namibii
dative Namibii
accusative Namibię
instrumental Namibią
locative Namibii
vocative Namibio

Derived terms

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

Further reading

  • “Namibia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈmibja/ [naˈmi.β̞ja]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibja
  • Syllabification: Na‧mi‧bia

Proper noun

Namibia f

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /nɑˈmi.ɓi.ɑ/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Proper noun

Namibia

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Namibia n (genitive Namibias)

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

References

Welsh

Proper noun

Namibia f (not mutable)

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)
  • Namibiad (“Namibian”, noun)
  • Namibiaidd (“Namibian”, adjective)

See also

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

Further reading

  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Namibia”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

Yoruba

Nàmíbíà

Etymology

Borrowed from English Namibia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nà.mí.bí.à/

Proper noun

Nàmíbíà

  1. Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)
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