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eswatini

UK/ˌɛ.swɑːˈti.ni/US/ˌɛ.swɑːˈti.ni/
nounC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Eswatini is a small African kingdom formerly called Swaziland. The border of Eswatini.

The name was changed in 2018, partly because Swaziland was confused with Switzerland. Eswatini is one of the last absolute monarchies left in the world.

Sobhuza II · Public domain

Definitions of eswatini

  1. 1nouneswatiniSmall African kingdom formerly called Swaziland.C2

    “Eswatini lies between South Africa and Mozambique.”

eswatini is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. ss

    eSwátini

  2. English

    Eswatini

  3. English, today

    eswatini

Built from

  • e- -ini · ss — locative

Eswatini Borrowed from ss eSwátini. ss eSwatini, the country's native name, declared to also be its official English name on April 19, 2018. Ultimately made of Mswati + e- -ini (“locative”), referring to Mswati II, the king who founded the country.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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