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Durban
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English
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Etymology
From en D'Urban, from en fr d'Urbain, from fr Urbain, from en la Urbanus, from la urbanis, from la urbs.
The city in South Africa is named after en Benjamin D'Urban.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdɜː.bən/ RP
en /ˈdɝ.bən/ GA
en /ˈdøːbən/ South Africa
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Durban.wav Southern England
en ɜː(ɹ)bən 2
Proper noun
~
en city/and/seaport p/KwaZulu-Natal Republic of c/South Africa.
en Sarah Dean and David McKenzie First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/africa/early-results-released-in-south-africas-election-intl 2024-05-30 Another ANC splinter party, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), led by former President Jacob Zuma appears to be on course to do well in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern coastal province where Durban is located. https://web.archive.org/web/20240530123633/https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/africa/early-results-released-in-south-africas-election-intl/
en countable en.
en D'Urban d'Urban dUrban
Derived terms
en Durbanite
en Durban poison
Translations
city in South Africa
Afrikaans: af Durban
Armenian: hy Դուրբան
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 德班 Débān
French: fr Durban
Hindi: hi
Japanese: ja ダーバン Dāban
Korean: ko ^더반
Malayalam: ml ഡർബൻ
Polish: pl Durban m-in
Portuguese: pt Durban f
Russian: ru Ду́рбан m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Дурбан m
Latin: sh Durban m
Tamil: ta டர்பன்
Zulu: zu eThekwini
Anagrams
en abdnru dun-bar unbra'd bundar Dunbar Braund
en eponyms
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Durban.wav
Proper noun
af proper noun
af city c/South Africa Durban
Portuguese
Etymology
pt en Durban, after Sir Benjamin D'Urban.
Pronunciation
pt /duʁ.ˈbɐ̃/ BR
Proper noun
pt city c/South Africa Durban
Serbo-Croatian
sh:
Proper noun
m-in
sh city c/South Africa Durban