mazingira
English meaning: Environment
Swahili Definition
(Kiswahili)Mazingira asili yanayozunguka viumbe hai, ikiwa ni pamoja na ardhi, maji na hewa.
English Definition
The natural surroundings including ecosystems and wildlife. East Africa has extraordinary biodiversity — Serengeti (Tanzania), Maasai Mara (Kenya), Mount Kilimanjaro, Lake Victoria (world's 2nd largest freshwater lake), and the Great Rift Valley. Climate change threatens East Africa through drought, erratic rainfall, and glacier melt. Wangari Maathai (Kenya) won the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) for environmental activism.
Example
“Serengeti na Mlima Kilimanjaro ni maajabu ya asili ya Tanzania.”
In English: “The Serengeti and Mount Kilimanjaro are Tanzania's natural wonders.”
Synonyms
- hali ya mazingira
- asili
Literary Heritage
“Ardhi ni mama yetu — kuidhuru ni kujidhuru sisi wenyewe.”
“The earth is our mother — to harm her is to harm ourselves.”
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Language information
- Language
- Kiswahili
- Swahili
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Niger-Congo
- Speakers
- 100M