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 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 *

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

* ''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 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'', ''G ...

, 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 Zulu kaMalandela (1627–1709), son of Malandela, was the founder and chief of the Zulu clan. The Zulu and the Qwabe were originally independent Bantu clans. When the King of these clans, Malandela died, he divided the kingdom into two clans, ...

, 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 Operation Savanna (or Operation Savannah) was the first insertion of Special Operations Executive, SOE trained Free French paratroops into German-occupied France during World War II. This SOE mission, requested by the Air Ministry, was to ambu ...

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

* 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 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 Zulus, a former football team in Sheffield, England * The Birmingham Zulu Warriors, a football hooligan firm associated with Birmingham City FC