Mozambique

Definition: Mozambique

Mozambique

Noun

1. A republic on the eastern coast of Africa on the Indian Ocean; became independent from Portugal in 1975.

Date "Mozambique" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references)

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Mozambique

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
MOZ	French	République du Mozambique	Geography, Law
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Specialty Definition: Mozambique

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified.

Mozambique is a country in Southern Africa, bordering South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe. It is a member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Mozambique

Culture

Main article: Culture of Mozambique

Music of Mozambique

Politics

Main article: Politics of Mozambique

Provinces

Main article: Provinces of Mozambique

Mozambique is divided into 10 provinces:

Cabo Delgado
Gaza
Inhambane
Manica
Maputo
Nampula
Niassa
Sofala
Tete
Zambesia

Economy

Main article: Economy of Mozambique

Communications

Main article: Communications in Mozambique

Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Mozambique

Foreign relations

Main article: Foreign relations of Mozambique

External Links

Worldwide Press Freedom Index Rank 70 out of 139 countries

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mozambique."

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Synonyms: Mozambique

Synonyms: Mocambique (n), Republic of Mozambique (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Mozambique

English words defined with "Mozambique": Calumba, capital of Mozambique, Comoro Islands ♦ Iles Comores ♦ Maputo, metical, Mozambican, Mozambique monetary unit. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Mozambique": MZ. (references)

Etymologies containing "Mozambique": Calumba. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Mozambique" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (Mozambique), Spanish (Mozambique).

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Modern Usage: Mozambique

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Mozambique (1965)

Les Danseurs du Mozambique (1991)

Chopi Music of Mozambique (1987)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Mozambique

Domain	Title
References	The 2000 Import and Export Market for Rice in Mozambique (reference) Executive Report on Strategies in Mozambique, 2000 edition (reference) A Strategic Profile of Mozambique,1999 edition (reference) The 2000 Import and Export Market for Preparations of Fish, Crustaceans, and Mollucs in Mozambique (reference) The 2001 Mozambique Economic and Product Market Databook (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Bradt Travel Guide Mozambique (reference) Kalashnikovs and Zombie Cucumbers: Travels in Mozambique (reference) Lonely Planet Mozambique (Mozambique) (reference) Mozambique (reference) The State Against the Peasantry: Rural Struggles in Colonial and Postcolonial Mozambique (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Mozambique (reference) Tales of Mozambique (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Mozambique

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Photo Album: Mozambique

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Maj. James A. Rodriguez, with students from Mozambique.		Provisional Malaria Map of East Africa: Mozambique. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Jornada de solidaridad con el pueblo de Mozambique, 25 de septiembre = Day of solidarity with the people of Mozambique, September 25 ... Credit: Library of Congress.		Mozambique : un pueblo en revolucion = a people in revolution ... Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mozambique

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Severe outbreaks have occurred in recent years in Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Mozambique, and Botswana, with smaller outbreaks in other East African countries. (references)
		Epidemic DHF has been reported in neither Africa nor the Middle East, but sporadic cases clinically compatible with DHF have been reported from Mozambique, Djibouti, and Saudi Arabia. (references)
Business		These are connected to a hub earth station outside Mozambique. (references)
		A third potential source of electricity is the Pande gas field on the northern Mozambique coast. (references)
		For the second phase of the Mozal project in Mozambique, scheduled for 2005, 850 MW will be required. (references)
Civil Liberties	South Africa	The majority of illegal immigrants come from Mozambique and Zimbabwe. (references)
	Mozambique	TV Mozambique (TVM) continued to demonstrate strong bias towards the Government. (references)
	Mozambique	Radio Mozambique generally presented balanced coverage, whereas TVM was biased towards the ruling party. (references)
Economic History	Mozambique	The security situation in Mozambique requires caution. (references)
	Mozambique	Before visiting Mozambique, consult the Consular Information Sheet. (references)
	Cuba (09/01)	Cubans served in a non-combat advisory role in Mozambique and the Congo. (references)
Human Rights	Mozambique	The ANDH, the Prison Fellowship of Mozambique (FPM), and ANASCOPRI did not conduct prison visits during the year and lacked funding to carry out such programs. (references)
	South Africa	After they received medical treatment and were detained for several days in a police jail, the victims were taken to the Lindela Repatriation Center and returned to Mozambique. (references)
Trade	Tanzania	Furthermore, a number of warehouses are available in Dar es Salaam and are used as transit depots for items destined to Rwanda, Burundi, eastern Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. (references)
Travel	Zambia	Zambia is landlocked and goods come in and out via air freight, or four ports: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Beira, Mozambique; Durban, South Africa; and Walvis Bay, Namibia. (references)
Worker Rights	South Africa	Child laborers from Zimbabwe and Mozambique work in the country on commercial farms, for the taxi industry, or as domestic servants. (references)
	Zimbabwe	There were reports that Taiwanese crime syndicates were involved in trafficking Chinese through Mozambique and Zimbabwe to South Africa. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mozambique

"Mozambique" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mozambique" is used about 402 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	402	13,930

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Mozambique

Expressions using "Mozambique": capital of Mozambique ♦ Mozambique monetary unit ♦ Republic of Mozambique. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mozambique

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
mozambique	563	mozambique tourism	7
maputo mozambique	269	government mozambique	6
mozambique hotel	181	flood mozambique	6
beira mozambique	56	mogincual mozambique	6
mozambique map	34	mozambique photo	6
mozambique xai xai	23	food mozambique	6
mozambique mozambique	20	africa mozambique music	6
mozambique picture	14	currency mozambique	6
mozambique quelimane	13	job mozambique	5
mozambique flag	13	fishing fly mozambique	5
a history of mozambique	11	fisheries mozambique	5
mozambique africa	11	mozambique information	5
lumbo mozambique	10	mozambique recipe	5
embassy mozambique	9	mozambique shrimp	5
travel to mozambique	9	channel mozambique	5
capital mozambique	9	mozambique pemba	4
mozambique news	9	mozambique recipe shrimp	4
mozambique weather	8	airline mozambique	4
diving mozambique	7	mozambique culture	3
mozambique visa	7	mozambique scuba diving	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Mozambique

Language		Translations for "Mozambique"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		Mosambiek. (various references)

Chinese		莫桑�"克. (various references)

Danish		Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique), Moçambique (The People's Republic of Mozambique), Republikken Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique), folkerepublikken Moçambique (The People's Republic of Mozambique). (various references)

Dutch		Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique, The People's Republic of Mozambique). (various references)

Esperanto		Mozambiko. (various references)

Finnish		Mosambik (Republic of Mozambique). (various references)

French		MZ (Republic of Mozambique), Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique, The People's Republic of Mozambique), MOZ (Republic of Mozambique), République du Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique), le Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique), La République populaire du Mozambique (The People's Republic of Mozambique), la République du Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique). (various references)

German		Mosambik (Mozambique (mz)). (various references)

Greek		όοζαμβίκη, Μοζαμβίκη (Republic of Mozambique), �"ημοκρατία της Μοζαμβίκης (Republic of Mozambique). (various references)

Irish		Mósaimbíc. (various references)

Italian		MZ (Republic of Mozambique), Mozambico (Republic of Mozambique, The People's Republic of Mozambique), MOZ (Republic of Mozambique), Repubblica popolare di Mozambico (The People's Republic of Mozambique), Repubblica del Mozambico (Republic of Mozambique). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		モザイク卵 (greenish gray, mob, mock-up, modem, modern, modern art, modern ballet, modern craft, modern dance, modern jazz, modern life, modern living, modernism, modernist, modernity, modernize, modernology, modification, modified American plan, modify, modiste, modular, modularization, modulation, module, modulo, mop, mosaic egg, Moscow, mosque, mosquito-weight, moss green, motel, motif, motivation, motivation research, motto, sexy). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		モザン�"ーク . (various references)

Korean		모� 비크. (various references)

Pig Latin		ozambiquemay

Portuguese		moçambique (Republic of Mozambique). (various references)

Russian		Мозамбик. (various references)

Spanish		Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique). (various references)

Swedish		Moçambique (Republic of Mozambique), Republiken Moçambique (Republic of Mozambique). (various references)

Ukrainian		Мозамбік. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Mozambique

Misspellings
	"Mozambique" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mozambiki, mozambiquan. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Mozambique

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-m-m-o-q-u-z"
	-4 letters: zombie.
	-5 letters: baize, biome, imaum, imbue, maize, mambo, mamie, maqui, miaou, mimeo, umiaq, zombi.
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