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Copperbelt

name

Etymology

From copper + belt.

  1. derived from balteus — “belt, sword-belt”
  2. inherited from *baltijaz✻ — “girdle, belt”
  3. inherited from *baltī̆✻
  4. inherited from belt
  5. inherited from belt
  6. formed as copperbelt — “copper + belt”

Definitions

  1. A mining region of Zambia, which stretches into the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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