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Meaning of "Mzansi" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MZANSI

From Xhosa, literally: south.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MZANSI

Mzansi  [əmˈzʌnsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MZANSI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mzansi is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MZANSI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mzansi

South Africa

Coordinates: 30°S 25°E / 30°S 25°E / -30; 25 South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. It has 2,798 kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian oceans. To the north lie the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; and within it lies Lesotho, an enclave surrounded by South African territory. South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 53 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution's recognition of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: English and Afrikaans, the latter originating from Dutch and serving as the first language of most white and coloured South Africans. Though English is commonly used in public and commercial life, it is only the fourth most-spoken first language.

Definition of Mzansi in the English dictionary

The definition of Mzansi in the dictionary is a low-cost national bankinɡ account.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MZANSI


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
consistency
kənˈsɪstənsɪ
consultancy
kənˈsʌltənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
deficiency
dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
dependency
dɪˈpɛndənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
fancy
ˈfænsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
nancy
ˈnænsɪ
occupancy
ˈɒkjʊpənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
residency
ˈrɛzɪdənsɪ
Runcie
ˈrʌnsɪ
tendency
ˈtɛndənsɪ
transparency
trænsˈpærənsɪ
vacancy
ˈveɪkənsɪ

WORDS THAT END LIKE MZANSI

Anansi
Assisi
bassi
Brindisi
dalasi
desi
Farsi
Hsi
Jhansi
nisi
Ossi
psi
quasi
sensi
Shansi
Shensi
si
Sulawesi
Tbilisi
Varanasi

Synonyms and antonyms of Mzansi in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Mzansi» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MZANSI

Find out the translation of Mzansi to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Mzansi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Mzansi» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Mzansi
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mzansi
570 millions of speakers

English

Mzansi
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Mzansi
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مزانسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Mzansi
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mzansi
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Mzansi
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Mzansi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mzansi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mzansi
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Mzansi
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Mzansi
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mzansi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Mzansi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Mzansi
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Mzansi
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mzansi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Mzansi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mzansi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Mzansi
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mzansi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Mzansi
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Mzansi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Mzansi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mzansi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Mzansi

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MZANSI»

The term «Mzansi» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.741 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Mzansi
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MZANSI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Mzansi» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Mzansi» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Mzansi

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MZANSI»

Discover the use of Mzansi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Mzansi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mzansi magic: struggle, betrayal and glory : the story of ...
The book is aimed at local fans and tourists wanting to acquaint themselves with thesoccer culture at the southern tip of Africa"--Bookseller's website.
Joe Latakgomo, 2011
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Postcrisis Growth and Development: A Development Agenda for ...
One example of a successful basic no-frills account that increased used of formal financial services is the Mzansi account in South Africa. Mzansi is an entry-level bank account, based on a magnetic stripe debit card platform, developed by the ...
Shahrokh Fardoust, Yongbeom Kim, Claudia Paz Sepulveda, 2011
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Advanced Technologies for Microfinance
Mzansi account holders were specifically chosen in this study to understand their perception toward mobile financial services and extrapolate these findings to the broader unbanked population. Figure 6 is the result of the Kruskal-Wallis test to ...
Arvind Ashta, 2011
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Uganda's Remittance Corridors from United Kingdom, United ...
South Africa's Financial Sector Charter and Mzansi Account In August 2002, at the Financial Sector Summit organized by the National Economic Development and Labor Council, a government forum with business, labor, and community ...
Isaku Endo, Jane Namaaji, Anoma Kulathunga, 2011
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New Markets, New Mindsets: Creating Wealth with South ...
In October 2004, the Banking Council of SA announced the launch of the Mzansi account to meet the requirements of the Financial Sector Charter, which regulates the financial services industry. The FSC demanded urgent and far stronger ...
Tashmia Ismail, Nicola Kleyn, 2012
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The Report: South Africa 2008
Mzansi accounts target people earning less than R2000 ($278) a month and are available at the big four banks and the Postbank. These accounts typically cost 35-60% less than conventional accounts. While noting the success at signing up  ...
Oxford Business Group
7
My Mzansi Heart
My Mzansi Heart sweeps the reader along two equally entertaining narrative strands, one set in the present day, the other in the past, which together form the story of King Adz’s life.
King Adz, 2014
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Global Citizen
Mzansi Hospital located nexttooneof the oldest townshipsin Pretoria was a moderately big hospital accommodating a countless numbersof blackpatients from all overPretoria those years.The overcrowdedand shortstaffed Mzansi Hospital had ...
Olga Legoale/Mndebele, 2010
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The contribution of services to development and the role of ...
All that is required to open a Mzansi account is a valid ID number none of the other documents often required by banks to open an account that effectively exclude many poor people. Transactions are limited to deposits, withdrawals, transfers ...
Massimiliano Calì, 2008
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OECD Trade Policy Studies Liberalisation and Universal ...
Indeed, Mzansi does charge significantly less for the individual transactions a consumer is able to carry out on the account but the range of transactions is limited; for example, the consumer cannot (as yet) make electronic payments by way of ...
OECD, The World Bank, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MZANSI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Mzansi is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hisense produces and launches OLED TV in Mzansi
Hisense has confirmed that its new OLED TV produced in South Africa will be officially launched this August in Cape Town. The new Hisense ... «Mzansi Life, Jul 15»
2
ASUS expands its ultrabook range
ASUS has expanded its ultrabook range by adding the new ZenBook computer to the Mzansi line-up. The new ASUS ZenBook is available at ... «Mzansi Life, Jul 15»
3
New telenovela to appear on Mzansi Magic
Produced for Mzansi Magic by The Bomb Shelter, The Road will pay tribute to the legendary sounds of the 50's which gave South Africa some ... «Screen Africa, Jul 15»
4
Toni Braxton and Babyface headed to Mzansi
The singers, who had great success with their Love, Marriage & Divorce album, will be performing in Mzansi between August and September. «Zalebs, Jul 15»
5
Jaguar extends its land-speed record-setting stable
Jaguar has extended its land-speed record-setting stable in Mzansi by introducing new all-wheel drive F-TYPE R Coupé that retails at R1 744 ... «Mzansi Life, Jul 15»
6
Wheels Fanatic SA announces merger with Mzansi Life
Wheels Fanatic SA, an online motoring news portal, has merged with Mzansi Life, an online lifestyle news portal, effective Monday, 20 July. «Media Update, Jul 15»
7
Zendaya LOVES Mzansi
The American star, who landed in Mzansi this week, had the chance to speak to young students from The Tomorrow Trust organisation about ... «Jacaranda FM, Jul 15»
8
New Volvo XC90 to be available at dealerships from 01 August
Volvo Car Group announced today that the new Volvo XC90 will be available at Mzansi dealerships with the T6 and D5 derivatives from 01 ... «Mzansi Life, Jul 15»
9
Sexy stars steam up the cast of Mzansi Magic drama 'It's Complicated'
Mzansi Magic's new prime time drama is set to explore the complex nature of modern-day relationships in the face of marriage, family, ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
10
Ne-Yo arrives in Mzansi ahead of the MAMAs
Johannesburg - International superstar Ne-Yo has arrived in Mzansi ahead of his performance at the MTV MAMAs this weekend in Durban. «Channel 24, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mzansi [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mzansi>. Apr 2024 ».
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