Harare

English

Etymology

From Shona Harare, supposedly from haarari (“it doesn't sleep”), in reference to a waterfall.

Proper noun

Harare

1. The capital city of Zimbabwe, previously named Salisbury.
   • 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), pages 252–253:

     Outside, the city meandered on more fluidly, like a river of precious things and possibilities. For Harare was wealthy in those days.

2. A province in Zimbabwe that includes the capital city.

Translations

capital of Zimbabwe

• Afrikaans: Harare
• Arabic: هَرَارِي f (harārī)
• Armenian: Հարարե (Harare)
• Belarusian: Хара́рэ m (Xaráre)
• Bengali: হারারে (harare)
• Burmese: ဟာရာ့ရီမြို့ (hara.rimrui.)
• Chichewa: Harare
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈拉雷 (zh) (Hālāléi)

• Czech: Harare n
• Danish: Harare
• Esperanto: Harareo (eo)
• French: Hararé (fr) f
• Georgian: ჰარარე (harare)
• Hindi: हरारे m (harāre)
• Japanese: ハラレ (ja) (Harare)
• Khmer: ហារ៉ារ៉េ (km) (haaraaree)
• Korean: 하라레 (Harare)
• Lithuanian: Hararė f
• Marathi: हरारे (harāre)
• Persian: هراره (harâre)
• Polish: Harare (pl) n
• Portuguese: Harare (pt) f
• Russian: Хара́ре (ru) m (Xarárɛ)
• Shona: Harare
• Spanish: Harare (es)
• Telugu: హరారే (harārē)
• Thai: ฮาราเร
• Ukrainian: Хара́ре m (Xaráre)
• Urdu: ہرارے m (harāre)
• Vietnamese: Ha-ra-rê

Anagrams

• arrhae

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Harare

1. Harare (the capital city of Zimbabwe)

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈɽa.ɽe/, /haˈɽá.ɽe/

Proper noun

Harare or Haráre

1. Harare (the capital city of Zimbabwe)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦararɛ]

Proper noun

Harare n (indeclinable, related adjective hararský)

1. Harare (the capital city of Zimbabwe)

Further reading

• Harare in Internetová jazyková příručka

Maori

Adjective

harare

1. bleary-eyed

Portuguese

Proper noun

Harare f

1. Harare (the capital city of Zimbabwe)

Shona

Proper noun

Haráre

1. Harare (the capital city of Zimbabwe)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦarare]

Proper noun

Harare n

1. Harare (the capital of Zimbabwe)

References

• “Harare”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈɾaɾe/ [xaˈɾa.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -aɾe

Proper noun

Harare ?

1. Harare (the capital city of Zimbabwe)