First Known Use: 1824
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1Zulu
noun Zu·lu \ˈzü-(ˌ)lü\
: a member of a group of people living mostly in South Africa
: the language of the Zulu people
plural Zulu or Zulus
Full Definition of ZULU
1
: a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Natal
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Origin of ZULU
Zulu -zula (as in isiZulu the Zulu language
2Zulu
Definition of ZULU
—a communications code word for the letter z
First Known Use of ZULU
1952
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