Namibia

namibia namíbia Namibía Namíbia English thumb|240px|Flag of Namibia thumb|right|Namibia on a globe Etymology From en Namib (from en naq namib) + en -ia place. Pronunciation en /nəˈmɪbi.ə/ RP,GA,CA,AU en En-ca-Namibia.oga Canada en /nəˈmɪbijə/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Namibia.wav UK en /nəˈmɪbe.ə/ Scotland en /nəˈməbi.ə/ NZ en ɪbiə 4 Proper noun en Q1030en country r/Southern Africa Republic of Namibia Windhoek. en 14 October 2026 Nick Eardley Vicky Wong UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy BBC News Earlier this year, the UK threatened bans against Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 14 October 2026 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30rl1q1j200o Holonyms en Subsahara Derived terms en Namibian Translations Q1030 Republic of Namibia Afrikaans: af Namibië Albanian: sq Namibia Amharic: am ናሚቢያ Arabic: ar نَامِيبِيَا f namībiyā Aragonese: an Namibia Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܢܵܡܝܼܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ f Armenian: hy Նամիբիա Assamese: as Asturian: ast Namibia Azerbaijani: az Namibiya Balinese: ban Namibia Basque: eu Namibia Belarusian: be Намі́бія f Bengali: bn নামিবিয়া Betawi: bew Namibi Breton: br Namibia Bulgarian: bg Нами́бия f Burmese: my နမီးဘီးယား Catalan: ca Namíbia Chinese: Cantonese: yue 納米比亞 Hokkien: nan-hbl Namibia Mandarin: cmn 納米比亞 Nàmǐbǐyà Cornish: kw Namibi Crimean Tatar: crh Namibiya Czech: cs Namibie f Danish: da Namibia Dhivehi: dv Dutch: nl Namibië n Dzongkha: dz Esperanto: eo Namibio Estonian: et Namiibia Faroese: fo Namibia n Finnish: fi Namibia Franco-Provençal: frp Namibie French: fr Namibie f Galician: gl Namibia Georgian: ka ნამიბია German: de Namibia n Greek: el Ναμίμπια f Gujarati: gu Haitian Creole: ht Namibi Hausa: ha Namibiya Hebrew: he נמיביה f namíbiya Hindi: hi नामीबिया Hungarian: hu Namíbia Icelandic: is Namibía f Ido: io Namibia Ilocano: ilo Namibia Indonesian: id Namibia Irish: ga Namaib f An Namaib Italian: it Namibia f Japanese: ja ナミビア Namibia Javanese: jv Namibia Kalenjin: kln Namibia Kamba: kam Namibia Kannada: kn ನಮೀಬಿಯ Kapampangan: pam Namibia Kashmiri: ks नमीबिया Kazakh: kk Намибия Khmer: km ណាមីប៊ី Kikuyu: ki Namibia Kongo: kg Namibia Korean: ko ^나미비아 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Namîbiya Kyrgyz: ky Намибия Latgalian: ltg Namibeja Latin: la Namibia Latvian: lv Namībija Ligurian: lij Namibia Lingala: ln Namibia Lithuanian: lt Namibija Low German: nds Namibia Luo: luo Namibia Luxembourgish: lb Namibien Macedonian: mk Намибија f Malay: ms Namibia Malayalam: ml നമീബിയ Maltese: mt Namibja f Manipuri: Bishnupriya Manipuri: bpy নামিবিয়া nāmibiẏā Manx: gv Yn Nameeb Māori: mi Namīpia Marathi: mr नामिबिया Meru: mer Namibia Mongolian: mn Намиби Nahuatl: nah Namibia Navajo: nv Séí Dah Daaskʼidtah Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah Nepali: ne Norman: nrf Namibie f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Namibia Nynorsk: nn Namibia Occitan: oc Namibia Odia: or Ossetian: os Намиби Pashto: ps نېمبيا Persian: fa نامیبیا nâmibiyâ Piedmontese: pms Namibia Polish: pl Namibia f Portuguese: pt Namíbia f Punjabi: pa Quechua: qu Namibya Romanian: ro Namibia f Russian: ru Нами́бия f Sami: Northern Sami: se Namibia Samogitian: sgs Namibėjė Sanskrit: sa नमीबिया Scots: sco Namibie Scottish Gaelic: gd Naimibia Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Намибија f Latin: sh Namibija Sicilian: scn Namibbia Silesian: szl Namibijo Sindhi: sd Sinhalese: si Slovak: sk Namíbia f Slovene: sl Namíbija f Spanish: es Namibia Sundanese: su Namibia Swahili: sw Namibia Swedish: sv Namibia Tagalog: tl Namibya Tajik: tg Намибия Tamil: ta நமீபியா Tatar: tt Намибия Telugu: te నమీబియా Thai: th นามิเบีย Tibetan: bo ན་མི་བྷི་ཡ Turkish: tr Namibya Ukrainian: uk Намі́бія f Urdu: ur نمیبیا Uzbek: uz Namibiya Venda: ve Namibia Venetan: vec Namibia Vietnamese: vi Nam-mi-bi-a, vi Na-mi-bi-a Volapük: vo Namibiyän Võro: vro Namiibia Welsh: cy Namibia Wolof: wo Namibi Yoruba: yo Namibia Zazaki: zza Namibya Southern Zazaki See also en Windhoek Countries of the world Further reading en terms suffixed with -ia (place) Asturian ast: Proper noun f ast Namibia Q1030 Central Huasteca Nahuatl Proper noun nch proper noun nch Namibia Q1030 Central Nahuatl Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Namibia Q1030 Danish da: Proper noun da proper noun da Namibia Q1030 Derived terms da namibier da namibisk Faroese Etymology From fo hgm - / fo naq namib desert + Latinate suffix -ia. Pronunciation fo /naˈmiːpia/ fo iːpia Proper noun fo proper noun n fo Namibia Q1030 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi de Namibia. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Namibia Q1030 Declension sg Namibi a Derived terms fi namibialainen fi compounds namibiankalliohiiri namibianlokki Galician gl: Proper noun f gl Namibia Q1030 Related terms gl namibio German de: Pronunciation de /naˈmiːbia/ de De-Namibia.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Namibia Q1030 Derived terms de Namibianer namibianisch Namibier namibisch Nordnamibia Südnamibia See also Indonesian id: Etymology id naq namib + id -ia place 1. Pronunciation Proper noun id Namibia Q1030 Noun a Namibian Adjective Namibian See also Further reading Italian it: Pronunciation Namìbia Proper noun f it Namibia Q1030 Derived terms it namibiano Latin la: Proper noun Namibia<1> la New Latin la Namibia Q1030 Declension Namibia<1> Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Namibia flying against a clear sky. thumb|Namibia in Africa. thumb|Sand dunes near Sossusvlei in the Namib Desert. Etymology nb, based on nb en Namibia, coined in 1959 by the Namibian nationalist Mburumba Kerina from English en Namib Namib Desert and New Latin la-new -ia country-name-forming suffix. The name refers to the Namib Namib Desert, whose name is from nb naq namib walkabout; wasteland, from nb naq nami to walk about. The Khoekhoe name has consequently also been interpreted as referring to an empty or desolate area. The territory had previously been known internationally as South West Africa. The name Namibia was adopted by the United Nations in 1968, before the country became independent in 1990. Parallel international adaptations include nn Namibia, da Namibia, sv Namibia, de Namibia and en Namibia. Pronunciation nb /¹naˈmiː.bɪ.a/ [naˈmìː.bɪ.a] nb iːbɪa 4 nb Na mi bi a Proper noun nb proper noun Namibia; nb country r/Southern Africa cont/Africa Namibia, with a coast on the Atlantic Ocean and Windhoek as its capital. nb Namibia ble selvstendig i 1990 etter en lang frigjøringskamp. Namibia became independent in 1990 after a long struggle for independence. nb 18 June 2011 Altaposten 18 vi gjorde landfall i Luderitz, en liten havneby i det sørlige Namibia we made landfall in Lüderitz, a small port town in southern Namibia Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Namibia (“the Republic of Namibia”). Derived terms nb namibier a Namibian nb namibisk Namibian See also References “Namibia” in Store norske leksikon. “Kerina Mburumba”, Parliament of Namibia. “Question of South West Africa”, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2372 (XXII), 12 June 1968. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Namibia Q1030 Related terms nn namibiar nn namibisk Polish Pronunciation Pl-Namibia.ogg Proper noun f namibijski pl Namibia Q1030 Declension s Derived terms pl Namibijczyk Namibijka See also Further reading Spanish es: Pronunciation +<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Namibia.wav<a:Spain>> Proper noun f es Namibia Q1030 Derived terms es inseparable de Namibia Related terms es namibio Swahili sw: Pronunciation na'mibia sw Sw-ke-Namibia.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Namibia Q1030 See also Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Namibia.wav Proper noun n sv Namibia Q1030 Related terms sv namibier sv namibisk sv namibiska See also References saol Svensk MeSH Welsh cy: Proper noun f cy Namibia Q1030 Related terms cy Namibiad Namibian n cy Namibiaidd Namibian a See also Further reading Namibia Yoruba yo:Nàmíbíà thumb|Nàmíbíà Etymology yo en Namibia. Pronunciation Nàmíbíà 1 Proper noun Nàmíbíà yo Namibia Q1030