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Definition of: Zimbabwe
(zim·bä′bwā)
1. An independent republic in south central Africa, formed in 1980 from the British colony of Southern Rhodesia; 150,699 sq. mi.; capital Harare (Salisbury). See RHODESIA.
2. The site of a ruined city (probably of a Bantu people, dating from the 15th century) of SE Zimbabwe; discovered about 1870.
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