Zulu may refer to:
Zulu people
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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
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Zulu language
Zulu (), or isiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in Southern Africa. It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 12 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal o ...
, a Bantu language spoken in southern Africa
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Zulu people
Zulu people (; zu, amaZulu) are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa. The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal ...
, an ethnic group of southern Africa
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
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''Zulu'' (1964 film), a war film starring Stanley Baker and Michael Caine
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''Zulu'' (2013 film), a French crime film starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom
Music
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"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''
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Zulu Records
Zulu Records is a Canadian record store and independent record label, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, that sells new and used CDs, LPs, 45s, turntables and concert tickets and is currently located at 1972 West 4th Avenue. One of the most famo ...
, a record store in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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Zulu (Pillow Pal), a Pillow Pal zebra made by Ty, Inc.
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TV 2 Zulu
TV 2 Zulu is a Danish television station and a sister channel to TV 2 Denmark. It is primarily aimed at viewers between 15 and 30 years of age.
TV2 Zulu has been noted for Danish comedy shows and programmes such as '' Langt fra Las Vegas'', '' ...
, a Danish television station
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Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club
The Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club (founded 1916) is a fraternal organization in New Orleans, Louisiana which puts on the Zulu parade each year on Mardi Gras Day. Zulu is New Orleans' largest predominantly African American carnival organizati ...
, a Carnival krewe in New Orleans
People
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Zulu (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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Gilbert Lani Kauhi
Gilbert Francis Lani Damian Kauhi (October 17, 1937 – May 3, 2004), also known by the stage names Zulu and Zoulou, was an American actor and comedian. He is remembered largely for his portrayal of Kono Kalakaua on the long-running televisio ...
(1937–2004), stage name Zulu, who played Kono in the original ''Hawaii Five-O'' series
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Zulu kaMalandela
Zulu kaMalandela (1627–1709), son of Malandela, was the founder and chief of the Zulu clan.
The Zulu and the Qwabe The Qwabe Kingdom ( zu, amaQwabe) is the senior branch of the House of Malandela, the royal pre-Zulu family, descendant from ...
, founder (c. 1709) and chief of the Zulu clan
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Zulu Sofola
Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke "Zulu" Sofola (22 June 1935 – 5 September 1995)[Biography]
, ′Zulu Sofola official web ...
(1935–1995), professor and the first published female Nigerian playwright and dramatist
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Shaka Zulu
Shaka kaSenzangakhona ( – 22 September 1828), also known as Shaka Zulu () and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu, he ordered wide-reaching reforms that ...
(c. 1787 – 1828), leader of the Zulu Kingdom
Places
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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
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1922 Zulu, an asteroid
Military
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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
Operation Savanna (or Operation Savannah) was the first insertion of SOE trained Free French paratroops into German-occupied France during World War II.
This SOE mission, requested by the Air Ministry, was to ambush and kill as many pilots as ...
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Zulu-class submarine
The Soviet Navy's Project 611 (NATO reporting name: Zulu class) were one of the first Soviet post-war attack submarines. They were roughly as capable as the American GUPPY fleet-boat conversions.Norman Polamr and K. J. Moore, 'Cold War Submarin ...
, a Soviet attack submarine class built in the 1950s
Science and technology
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Zulü, an approximation of pi
* Zulu, a variant of the 1910s
Sunbeam Crusader motorcycle engine
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Alaena
''Alaena'' is a genus of butterflies, commonly called Zulus, in the family Lycaenidae. They are endemic to the Afrotropics.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Azul Systems
Azul Systems, Inc. develops runtimes ( JDKs, JVMs) for executing Java-based applications. Founded in March 2002, Azul Systems is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California
Products Azul Platform Prime (Formerly Zing)
Azul produces ''Platform ...
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Torbenia
''Torbenia'' is a genus of butterflies, commonly called Zulus, in the family Lycaenidae. They are endemic to the Afrotropical realm. The five species were formerly placed in ''Ornipholidotos''. The genus is named after Torben Bjørn Larsen.
Spe ...
'', a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae commonly called zulus
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Zulu sheep
The Zulu sheep breed is native to South Africa and is predominantly raised by rural farmers in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. It serves primarily as a source of food and income to poor resource farmers. It belongs to the Nguni type of sheep togethe ...
, a breed raised primarily by the Zulu people in Southern Africa
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Zulu time
Coordinated Universal Time or UTC is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is within about one second of mean solar time (such as UT1) at 0° longitude (at the IERS Reference Meridian as the currently use ...
, more commonly known as
UTC, for the Z in TZ timestamps
Other uses
* Z, pronounced "Zulu" in the
NATO phonetic alphabet
The (International) Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used set of clear code words for communicating the letters of the Roman alphabet, technically a ''radiotelephonic spellin ...
* Zulu, a type of boat used in the
Scottish east coast fishery
The Scottish east coast fishery has been in existence for more than a thousand years, spanning the Viking Age right up to the present day.
A brief history
The fishery has always been for both whitefish and herring. The Norsemen came to Scotland ...
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The Zulus
:''This article relates to an English football team. There are also separate articles on the African language and South African peoples.''
The Zulus were a short lived football team established in Sheffield, England that existed from 1879 to 1882. ...
, a former football team in Sheffield, England
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Birmingham Zulu Warriors
The Zulu Warriors are a football hooligan firm associated with English football club, Birmingham City. The Zulu Warriors first appeared in the late 1980s and the name came from a chant of "Zulu, Zulu" which Manchester City fans aimed at Birmingha ...
, a football hooligan firm associated with Birmingham City FC
See also
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Amazulu (disambiguation)
The amaZulu are the Zulu people of southern Africa.
Amazulu or AmaZulu may also refer to:
* AmaZulu F.C., a South African football club
* Amazulu FC (Zimbabwe), a defunct Zimbabwean football club
* Amazulu (band), a British ska band of the 1980 ...
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Zululand (disambiguation)
Zululand may refer to:
* Zulu Kingdom (1818–1897)
* KwaZulu, a Bantustan in South Africa (1981–1994)
* KwaZulu-Natal, a province of the Republic of South Africa
* Zululand District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Sulu (disambiguation)
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Language and nationality disambiguation pages