English
Mozambique
Mozambique comes from Portuguese Moçambique.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentMoçambique
- Englishearliest quotation 1857Mozambique
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentMoçambique
- Englishearliest quotation 1857Mozambique
Earliest quotation: 1857, Extracts from the Journal of Captain M. S. Nolloth, H.M.S. ': “During our cruise in the Mozambique we had generally…”
Every English word from Portuguese Moçambique
Today it means
name A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese Moçambique / Mozambique