Meaning & use
Mozambican
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Meanings
adjectivenot comparable
Belonging to or connected with Mozambique, a country in southeastern Africa, or its people.
Grammar: Usually before a noun: Mozambican food.
Patterns
- Mozambican food
- Mozambican citizen
She prepared a Mozambican dish made with coconut and prawns.
The Mozambican team won the regional cup.
He holds a Mozambican passport.
nouncountable
A person who comes from Mozambique or has Mozambican citizenship.
Grammar: Takes a: she is a Mozambican.
Patterns
- a Mozambican
My neighbor is a Mozambican who moved here in 2015.
Millions of Mozambicans speak Portuguese as a second language.
The festival honored a famous Mozambican poet.
Word forms
| plural | Mozambicans |
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Common combinations
- Mozambican coast
- The Mozambican coast has long white beaches.
- Mozambican cuisine
- Mozambican cuisine uses piri-piri sauce.
- Mozambican government
- The Mozambican government announced new schools.
- Mozambican citizen
- He became a Mozambican citizen by birth.
- Mozambican artist
- A Mozambican artist painted the mural.
Synonyms and how they differ
- of Mozambique
- Of Mozambique is a phrase that avoids the adjective and works in formal writing.
Word family
- Mozambique proper noun
- the country
- Mozambicans noun
- plural for people
- Maputo proper noun
- the capital city
Commonly confused: Mozambican or Zambian?
Mozambican vs Zambian
Zambian relates to Zambia, a different country that borders Mozambique.
Practice
A person who was born in Mozambique can be called a ____.
Choose one answer.
Mozambican is the adjective and noun for Mozambique. Moroccan relates to Morocco, Zambian to Zambia, and Mozarabic to medieval Spain.
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