Earth, World and Land Names

The foot and the earth cannot help meeting. —Kenya

  • ALA (AH-lah).  Earth.  Nigeria (Igbo) (F)
  • ALAM (AH-lahm).  World. Ethiopia (F)
  • ZWELIHLE (zweh-LEE-leh). Good land; beautiful world. Azania (Xhosa)
  • ADANI (a-dah-nee). Daughter of the earth. Nigeria (Igbo) (F)
  • ALEMU (ah-LEH-moo). His world. Ethiopia (M)
  • ANGOM (ah-ndgh-ohm). Of the soil. Uganda (Langi) (F)
  • AZIBO (a-ZEE-boh). Earth. Malawi (Ngoni) (M)
  • BANGILIZWE (bahn-gee-LEEZ-weh). Possess the land! (command) Azania (Xhosa) (M)
  • BYANSI (BYAHN-see). We come with nothing on earth and we shall take nothing away from earth. Uganda (M)
  • DAYEBGA You cannot abandon the land of your ancestral birth. Cameroon (Mubako) (M)
  • DUNIA (doo-NEE-ah). The world. Kiswahili
  • DUNIYA (doo-NEE-yah). Earth, planet. West Africa (Hausa)
  • DZIKO (ZEE-koh). The world. Azania (Nguni) (F)
  • EKA (EH-kah). Mother earth. West Africa (F)
  • KAGUNDA (KAH-gohn-dah). Of the land. East Africa (Kikuyu) (M)
  • KAHYEBA (kah-yeh-bah). I have bought the land. Cameroon (Mubako) (F)
  • KUTAAKA (koo-tah-kah). Soil. Uganda (Lugisu) (M)
  • LIZWELICHA (leez-weh-LEE-cha). New world. Zimbabwe (Ndebele ) (M)
  • MAFUANE (mah-FOO-ah-neh). Soil. Azania (Bachopi) (F)
  • MOSADI (moh-SAH-dee). The planter of seed. Azania (Sotho)
  • MWANADONGO (MWAH-nah-dohn-goh). Child of the earth. East Africa (Kiswahili) (F)
  • NANA (NAH-nah). “Mother of the Earth.” Ghana
  • SEKASI (sseh-kah-see). Of a small land. Uganda (Ganda) (M)
  • SHIKOKOLA (shee-koh-KOH-lah). Newly cleared plot of land. Namibia (Ovambo)
  • SIRAGUMA (see-rah-GOO-mah). Earth lives for very long. Rwanda, Burundi (Kinyarwanda, Kirundi)
  • THAMBO (TAHM-boh). Ground. Malawi (Ngoni) (M)
  • UDONGO (oo-DOHN-goh). Earth. Kiswahili
  • UWA (OO-wah). The world; universe. Nigeria (Igbo) (M)
  • WAITHAKA (WAH-ee-thah-kah). Of the land. East Africa (Kikuyu) (M)
  • ZWELAKHE (sweh-LAH-keh). His world. Azania (M)

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