Eswatini

English thumb|right|Eswatini on a globe. Alternative forms en eSwatini Etymology en :bor ss:eSwátini 1 en ss eSwatini, the country's native name, declared to also be its official English name on April 19, 2018. Ultimately made of ss Mswati + ss e- -ini locative, referring to Mswati II, the king who founded the country. Pronunciation en /ˌɛ.swɑːˈti.ni/,EswatiniEswatini en /ɛˈswɑː.ti.ni/eSwatini (using the older British transcription of a final /i/ sound as /ɪ/) en En-us-Eswatini.oga GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Eswatini.wav Southern England Proper noun en Q1050en country r/Southern Africa formerly called Swaziland Kingdom of Eswatini Mbabane Lobamba. en 2020-05-21 Keoni Everington Over 40 Eswatini students duped into skinning chickens in W. Taiwan https://web.archive.org/web/20200525235019/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3937514 25 May 2020 w:Taiwan News Society https://archive.ph/J3Vgx Taiwan's ambassador to the Kingdom of Eswatini, Jeremy Liang (zh 梁洪昇), told the paper that he had just been informed of the situation and that "the matter was being looked into." Liang said he had helped the students process their applications to the university and had not been aware of the conditions of the workplace they were to be assigned to. en Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari Officials deny King of Eswatini – Africa’s lone absolute monarch – has fled w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/africa/king-mswati-eswatini-flee-intl 2021-06-29 In February, Mswati announced that he had recovered from Covid-19 after undergoing treatment “for a couple of days” with an undisclosed antiviral medication from Taiwan. Eswatini enjoys a blossoming diplomatic tie with Taiwan — currently the East Asian country’s only ally in Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20250826103416/https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/africa/king-mswati-eswatini-flee-intl 26 August 2025 en-GB Armed forces open fire in crackdown on anti-monarchy protests in Eswatini The Guardian 2021-06-29 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/29/soldiers-deployed-eswatini-crackdown-protests 0261-3077 Protests are rare in Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy. en Kaanita Iyer, Priscilla Alvarez Trump administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deport-eswatini 2025-09-05 Governed by a monarch who has absolute power, Eswatini is one of four African countries that have struck a deal with the Trump administration to receive foreign deportees, along with Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda. Synonyms en Swaziland former name en Kingdom of Swaziland en Kingdom of Eswatini, en Kingdom of eSwatini Derived terms en Eswatinian Descendants ja 1 エスワティニ Esuwatini Translations country in Southern Africa Swaziland Afrikaans: af Eswatini Amharic: am ኤስዋቲኒ Arabic: ar إِسْوَاتِينِي f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܹܣܘܵܬܝܼܢܝܼ f Armenian: hy Էսվատինի Asturian: ast Suazilandia Azerbaijani: az Esvatini Balinese: ban Eswatini Bengali: bn ইসোয়াতিনি Betawi: bew Èswatini Bulgarian: bg Есвати́ни Burmese: my အဲ့စ်ဝါတီးနီ Chechen: ce Эсватини Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 史瓦帝尼 Shǐwǎdìní Taiwan Esperanto: eo Esvatinio Finnish: fi Eswatini French: fr Eswatini, fr eSwatini Georgian: ka ესვატინი German: de Eswatini n Greek: el Εσουατίνι Hindi: hi इस्वातिनी Indonesian: id Eswatini Italian: it eSwatini Japanese: ja エスワティニ Esuwatini Javanese: jv Éswatini Korean: ko ^에스와티니 Latvian: lv Svatini Lithuanian: lt Esvatinis m Macedonian: mk Есватини Malay: ms Eswatini Jawi: ms ايسواتيني Maltese: mt Eswatini Māori: mi Ehiwatini Marathi: mr एस्वातिनी Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Eswatini Nynorsk: nn Eswatini Ossetian: os Эсватини Polish: pl Eswatini n Portuguese: pt Essuatíni Romanian: ro Eswatini Russian: ru Эсвати́ни f Serbo-Croatian: sh Esvatini Spanish: es Esuatini Sundanese: su Éswatini Swahili: sw Eswatini Swazi: ss eSwatini Tamil: ta எஸ்வாத்தினி, ta எசுவாத்தினி Thai: th เอสวาตีนี Turkish: tr Esvatini Ukrainian: uk Есваті́ні Vietnamese: vi E-soa-ti-ni, vi Ét-xoa-ti-ni, vi Ê-xoa-ti-ni Welsh: cy Eswatini f Wolaytta: wal Isiwaatiinii Yakut: sah Эсватини References Further reading Eswatini eSwatini Afrikaans Alternative forms af eSwatini Etymology From af ss eSwatini. Proper noun af Eswatini Q1050 af:Mbabane af:Lobamba Finnish Alternative forms fi eSwatini Etymology fi ss eSwatini. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Eswatini Q1050 Usage notes The country changed its English name from Swaziland to ss eSwatini in 2018. In many other languages, including Finnish, the initial "e" is capitalized instead of the "S". Declension sg Eswatin a Synonyms fi Swazimaa Derived terms fi eswatinilainen German de: Alternative forms de eSwatini Etymology de :bor ss:eSwatini de ss eSwatini. Pronunciation de /eswaˈtiːni/ de LL-Q188 (deu)-Jeuwre-Eswatini.wav de iːni 4 de Eswa ti ni Proper noun toponym de Eswatini Q1050 Derived terms de eswatinisch de swatinisch See also Indonesian id: Etymology id ss eSwatini. Pronunciation Ès.wa.ti.ni Proper noun id Eswatini Q1050 Noun a Eswatinian Adjective Eswatinian See also Further reading Norwegian Bokmål no:Eswatini thumb|Eswatini on a globe. Etymology nb, from nb ss eSwatini, the native Swazi name, a locative formation meaning “land of the Swazis”. The name is based on the ethnonym Swati, which derives from the name of Mswati II; the native form contains the locative elements e- … -ini. Compare da Eswatini, sv Eswatini, de Eswatini and en Eswatini. Pronunciation nb /ɛs.ʋaˈtiː.nɪ/ nb iːnɪ 4 nb Es wa ti ni Proper noun nb proper noun Eswatini; nb country r/Southern Africa c/Africa, bordering South Africa and Mozambique. nb 2018 no Finansdepartementet Prop. 1 LS (2018–2019): Skatter, avgifter og toll 2019 14.4 Det er igangsatt arbeid i EFTA for å modernisere frihandelsavtalene med Canada, Chile, Egypt, Mexico, og SACU (en handelsblokk bestående av Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Sør-Afrika og Eswatini (tidligere Swaziland)). Work has begun within EFTA to modernize the free trade agreements with Canada, Chile, Egypt, Mexico, and SACU (a trade bloc consisting of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)). Usage notes On 19 April 2018, the country's official name was changed from nb Swaziland to nb Eswatini. The former name is now historical, but remains appropriate when referring to the country before the change. The native Swazi spelling is ss eSwatini, with lowercase initial ⟨e⟩ and uppercase ⟨S⟩. The standardized Norwegian spelling is nb Eswatini. Derived terms nb eswatinier<t:Eswatinian> eswatinisk<t:Eswatinian> 0 See also References “Eswatini” in Store norske leksikon. “Eswatinis historie” in Store norske leksikon. “Utanlandske stadnamn”, Language Council of Norway. “His Majesty King Mswati III”, Government of Eswatini. Combined periodic report under the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol, Government of Eswatini. Prop. 1 LS (2018–2019): Skatter, avgifter og toll 2019, no Finansdepartementet. Polish pl: Etymology pl :obor ss:eSwatini + 1 Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Lesiakower-Eswatini.wav Proper noun n 1 eswatinijski,eswatyński pl Eswatini Q1050 pl Suazi<q:historical> Derived terms pl nouns Eswatinijka Eswatinijczyk Eswatynka Eswatyńczyk See also Further reading pl exonyms Swahili sw: Alternative forms sw eSwatini Proper noun sw proper noun sw Eswatini Q1050 sw Uswazi See also Swedish sv: Etymology sv ss eSwatini. Proper noun n sv Eswatini Q1050 Usage notes The country changed its English name from Swaziland to ss eSwatini in 2018. In many other languages, including Swedish, the initial "e" is capitalized instead of the "S". Derived terms sv eswatinier sv eswatinisk See also sv Swaziland Further reading 12 Svensk MeSH Welsh cy: Proper noun f cy Eswatini Q1050 cy Gwlad Swasi Coordinate terms Mutation