Zulu may refer to:

Zulu people

Zulu Kingdom The Zulu Kingdom (, ), sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire or the Kingdom of Zululand, was a monarchy in Southern Africa. During the 1810s, Shaka established a modern standing army that consolidated rival clans and built a large following ...

or Zulu Empire, a former monarchy in what is now South Africa * Zulu language, a Bantu language spoken in southern Africa * Zulu people, an ethnic group of southern Africa

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Zulu'' (1964 film), a war film starring Stanley Baker and Michael Caine * ''Zulu'' (2013 film), a French crime film starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom

Music

* "Zulu" (song), a 1981 dance single by British funk duo The Quick * "Zulu", a song by Blink-182 from the 1996 EP ''They Came to Conquer... Uranus'' * Zulu Records, a record store in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Zulu (Pillow Pal) Pillow Pals were a line of plush toys made by Ty, Inc. during the 1990s. The toys were given their name because they were soft like a pillow, and were made with children in mind. Though many of them resembled certain Beanie Babies, those that did ...

, a Pillow Pal zebra made by Ty, Inc. * TV 2 Zulu, a Danish television station * Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, a Carnival krewe in New Orleans

People

Zulu (surname) Zulu is the surname of: * Alexander Grey Zulu (born 1924), Zambian retired politician * Alphaeus Zulu (1905–1987), Anglican bishop and Speaker of the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly * Ballad Zulu, Zambian singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter a ...

, a surname (including a list of people with the name) * Gilbert Lani Kauhi (1937–2004), stage name Zulu, who played Kono in the original ''Hawaii Five-O'' series * Zulu kaMalandela, founder (c. 1709) and chief of the Zulu clan * Zulu Sofola (1935–1995), professor and the first published female Nigerian playwright and dramatist * Shaka Zulu (c. 1787 – 1828), leader of the Zulu Kingdom

Places

Zulu, Indiana Zulu is an unincorporated town in Jefferson Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. It ...

, a town in the United States *

1922 Zulu Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music ...

, an asteroid

Military

Battle Force Zulu Battle Force Zulu is the code-name designation for the following U.S. Navy task forces: *Task Force 60 during 1986's Operation El Dorado Canyon, Operation Prairie Fire, and Attain Document series of freedom of navigation (FON) naval maneuvers in th ...

, U.S. Navy carrier task force designation (including a list of them) * , three ships of the British Royal Navy * Task Force Zulu, a South African Defence Force unit in Operation Savannah * Zulu-class submarine, a Soviet attack submarine class built in the 1950s

Science and technology

* Zulü, an approximation of pi * Zulu, a variant of the 1910s

Sunbeam Crusader The Sunbeam Crusader, originally known as the Sunbeam 150 hp, Sunbeam 110 hp or Sunbeam 100 hp (variations on the engine may also have been referred to as Sunbeam 120 hp or Sunbeam 135 hp), was an early British, side-va ...

motorcycle engine *'' Alaena'', a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae commonly called zulus * Azul Zulu, a binary build of OpenJDK (a Java implementation) developed by Azul Systems *'' Torbenia'', a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae commonly called zulus * Zulu sheep, a breed raised primarily by the Zulu people in Southern Africa * Zulu time, more commonly known as UTC, for the Z in TZ timestamps

Other uses

* Z, pronounced "Zulu" in the NATO phonetic alphabet * Zulu, a type of boat used in the Scottish east coast fishery * The Zulus, a former football team in Sheffield, England * The Birmingham Zulu Warriors, a football hooligan firm associated with Birmingham City FC