plural Zulu or Zulus
1
: a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Natal
2
: the Bantu language of the Zulus
Zulu
adjective
Zulu
2 of 2communications code word
—used as a code word for the letter z
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Other large language families include the reconstructed mother tongue called Niger-Congo, which gave rise to some 1,500 languages spoken over most of Sub-Saharan Africa, including Igbo, Yoruba, and Zulu.
—Martha Barnette
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
The exercises will occur in the Whiskey and Zulu areas of the base, not far from Fallbrook.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
With African references at a head, another goer honored the Bantu people, specifically from the Zulu group, with braided bantu knots.
—Essence, 14 July 2025
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Noun
Few attorneys bring the kind of frontline experience Attorney Zulu Ali does.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Other large language families include the reconstructed mother tongue called Niger-Congo, which gave rise to some 1,500 languages spoken over most of Sub-Saharan Africa, including Igbo, Yoruba, and Zulu.
—Martha Barnette
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
The exercises will occur in the Whiskey and Zulu areas of the base, not far from Fallbrook.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
With African references at a head, another goer honored the Bantu people, specifically from the Zulu group, with braided bantu knots.
—Essence, 14 July 2025
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“Zulu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Zulu. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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