uThukela (Zulu)

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uThukela (Zulu) is the Zulu-language name for the uThukela District Municipality in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, an area named after the Tugela River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Zulu-language name
place name
appliesToAdministrativeUnitType district municipality
associatedWithRiverBasin Tugela River basin GENERATED
belongsToLanguageFamily Bantu languages NERFINISHED
belongsToLanguageSubfamily Nguni languages NERFINISHED
country South Africa
denotesAdministrativeRegionLevel district
hasAlternativeNameInEnglish Tugela NERFINISHED
hasEthnolinguisticContext Zulu people NERFINISHED
hasInitialLetter u
hasNameElementMeaning river (uThukela River association)
hasSpellingVariant uThukela NERFINISHED
hasToponymType hydronym-derived toponym
language Zulu NERFINISHED
locatedInProvince KwaZulu-Natal NERFINISHED
namedAfter Tugela River NERFINISHED
uThukela River NERFINISHED
refersTo uThukela District Municipality NERFINISHED
refersToGeographicalRegion interior of central KwaZulu-Natal
script Latin alphabet
usedAsOfficialName yes
usedInLocalGovernmentContext South African municipal system
usedInOfficialContext KwaZulu-Natal provincial administration
uThukela District Municipality NERFINISHED

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uThukela region hasNameInLanguage uThukela (Zulu)
subject surface form: uThukela District Municipality