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Meaning of "Inkatha" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INKATHA

Zulu name for the grass coil used by Zulu women carrying loads on their heads, the many strands of which provide its strength and cohesion.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INKATHA

Inkatha  [ɪnˈkɑːtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INKATHA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inkatha is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INKATHA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Inkatha Freedom Party

The Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently down to the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa, having lost almost half its seats and votes in the 2014 general election and yielding third place to the newly formed Economic Freedom Fighters.

Definition of Inkatha in the English dictionary

The definition of Inkatha in the dictionary is a South African Zulu organization founded by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi in 1975 as a paramilitary group seeking nonracial democracy; won four seats in South Africa's first nonracial elections in 1994.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INKATHA


carta
ˈkɑːtə
Carter
ˈkɑːtə
charta
ˈkɑːtə
charter
ˈtʃɑːtə
Djakarta
dʒəˈkɑːtə
emboscata
ˌembɒˈskɑːtə
Jakarta
dʒəˈkɑːtə
karter
ˈkɑːtə
Kolkata
ˈkolkɑːtə
piccata
pɪˈkɑːtə
Rakata
rəˈkɑːtə
rata
ˈrɑːtə
Soerakarta
ˌsʊərəˈkɑːtə
sonata
səˈnɑːtə
Sparta
ˈspɑːtə
starter
ˈstɑːtə
strata
ˈstrɑːtə
Surakarta
ˌsʊərəˈkɑːtə
toccata
təˈkɑːtə
yukata
jʊˈkɑːtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INKATHA

Inkerman

WORDS THAT END LIKE INKATHA

bertha
Botha
caltha
Gatha
Gotha
Hiawatha
Jagannatha
Jugurtha
kantha
maranatha
Maratha
Martha
mutha
naphtha
paratha
polyantha
pyracantha
ratha
Sagarmatha
Siddhartha

Synonyms and antonyms of Inkatha in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Inkatha» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INKATHA

Find out the translation of Inkatha to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Inkatha from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Inkatha» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

因卡塔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Inkatha
570 millions of speakers

English

Inkatha
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Inkatha
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انكاثا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Инката
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Inkatha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Inkatha
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Inkatha
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Inkatha
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Inkatha
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Inkatha
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Inkatha
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inkatha
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Inkatha
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Inkatha
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Inkatha
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Inkatha
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Inkatha
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Inkatha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Інката
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Inkatha
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Inkatha
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Inkatha
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Inkatha
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Inkatha
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Inkatha

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INKATHA»

The term «Inkatha» is regularly used and occupies the 101.576 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INKATHA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Inkatha» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Inkatha» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Inkatha

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INKATHA»

Discover the use of Inkatha in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Inkatha and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Healing Traditions: African Medicine, Cultural Exchange, and ...
During wartime, the king was expected to protect his nation by sitting on the inkatha for as long as his forces were engaged in battle. According to Dlamini, Cetshwayo sat on the inkatha during the battle of Isandlwana, but as he learned of his ...
Karen Elizabeth Flint, 2008
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Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa: ...
Gatsha Buthelezi and Inkatha A Long History In the mid-1980s, a bitter conflict broke out in Natal between Inkatha and the ANC-aligned United Democratic Front. Developing into a virtual civil war between the Zulu movement led by Chief  ...
Tor Sellström, 2002
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Native Vs. Settler: Ethnic Conflict in Israel/Palestine, ...
enties and Inkatha. Steve Biko was beaten to death by the South Africa Police in Port Elizabeth in 1977. After his death the Black Consciousness Movement coalesced around the Azanian People's Organization or AZAPO. Inkatha was ...
Thomas G. Mitchell, 2000
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Deconstructing Apartheid Discourse
For a discussion of the construction of 'womanhood' in the discourse of Inkatha, see S. Hassim, 'Family, Motherhood and Zulu Nationalism: The Politics of the Inkatha's Women's Brigade', Feminist Review, no. 43, Spring 1993, pp. 1-25. 67.
Aletta J. Norval, 1996
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Feminist Review: Nationalisms and National Identities
Shireen Hassim We feed our children with breast milk as well as attitudes and values towards the world and its people (A Mchunu, chairperson of the Inkatha Women's Brigade, 1986). The Inkatha Women's Brigade: Zulu handmaidens?
Feminist Review The Feminist Review, Feminist Review Collective, 1993
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Lives of Courage: Women for a New South Africa
Inkatha attacks people suspected of being active in UDF. Tozi was in NEUSA, which is affiliated to UDF; Thabo was in the Youth Congress in KwaMashu; and their mother had resigned from Inkatha. Some time back in the mid-1970s, Mrs.
Diana E. H. Russell, 2003
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Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African ...
Inkatha, the political party, has its roots in Inkatha Ya Ka Zulu (Zulu National Movement), a cultural organization founded in 1928. In 1974, some twenty years after South Africa's APARTHEID government designated Bantustans, or “Bantu ...
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 2005
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South Africa: The Struggle for a New Order
The use of violence against other movements, particularly the ANC, and the injection of ethnic strife in the politics of South Africa made Inkatha dangerous, and so did the possibility that Buthelezi, whose ambition exceeded his assets, would ...
Marina Ottaway
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No More: The Battle Against Human Rights Violations
On the contrary, many of those identified as being involved in assault or torture were promoted.10 ° When police arrived after a conflict between Inkatha and the African National Congress, police used Inkatha forces to identify African National  ...
David Matas, 1996
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Frontiersmen: Warfare In Africa Since 1950
Inkatha's recruits were provided by the Zulu social structure. Chiefs and headmen , salaried as such by the Pretoria government, had almost feudal powers in the dispensing of favours such as marriage or market licences, or, more basically, ...
Anthony Clayton, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INKATHA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Inkatha is used in the context of the following news items.
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KwaMashu Hostel leader and IFP member gunned down
A special multi-party meeting will be convened between KwaZulu-Natal political groups after the murder at point-blank range of an Inkatha ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
2
Madiba's ideals tainted
Most notable of all was the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) whose supporters were shot dead during the Shell House massacre in down-town ... «News24, Jul 15»
3
Two KZN doctors, nurse suspended over death
Both the Inkatha Freedom Party and the Democratic Alliance called for an immediate action and suspension of the implicated health workers. «BDlive, Jul 15»
4
Mayor's 'Fruitless' Splurge
Hitler Maharaj of the Greytown Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) called the costs "wasteful and fruitless". "Was there a risk analysis done for him to ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Tuesday, July 21
1991 - South African government admits it secretly gave $600,000 in recent years to African National Congress rival Inkatha Party. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
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Funeral Service for the Late Hon. Mr Norman Stewart Middleton …
In order to bring South Africans together, Inkatha, the Labour Party, some ... But once he was within the Inkatha fold, I got to know Mr Middleton ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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DA municipalities won't brook corruption or wasteful spending …
People would say “This is ANC territory” or “This is Inkatha territory”. And while they fought over these territories‚ the people were simply ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
8
Condolences pour in for KZN deputy mayor
Inkatha Freedom Party's Blessed Gwala said: "I was deeply shocked when I heard of the untimely passing of Mashaba, who was one of the ... «News24, Jul 15»
9
Opposition parties stand firmly behind Mogoeng Mogoeng
Inkatha Freedom Party MP, Professor Themba Msimang, said such a meeting was necessary so the president and his other members of the ... «News24, Jul 15»
10
Mchunu Defends Zulu King's R2.8 Million Travel Bill
The Inkatha Freedom Party on Tuesday said political parties in KwaZulu-Natal, especially the DA, were obsessed with Zwelithini and were ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Inkatha [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/inkatha>. Oct 2026 ».
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