He maha ngā pūtake e pupuri ana e "Zimbabwe" ahu mai i dzimba-dza-mabwe, whakamaoritia i te Karanga reo o Shona rite "whare o kohatu" (dzimba = maha o imba, "whare"; mabwe = maha o bweanga, "kohatu"). Ko te Karanga-te korero Shona iwi e noho a tawhio noa Great Zimbabwe i roto i te kawanatanga o Masvingo o tenei ra. Archaeologist Garlake kerēme e "Zimbabwe" tohu i te puka contracted o dzimba-Mathwe, e tikanga "whare whakamaumahara" i roto i te Shona reo o te whenua, me ngā toenga o nga rangatira Shona, me te wahi tiaki inaianei. E rua ngā ariā rerekē te wāhitau i te takenga mai o te kupu. "Ko te tikanga i te nuinga o te wā i roto i te tau 1960" i tohua i roto i te reta o te tau 1961 e te British Rhodesian, "Ko te tikanga i tohua i mua i te whārangi o te whenua i roto i te 1960", i te tuatahi i tohua i roto i te reta o te whārangi
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