Ọtụtụ ebe na-ekwu na "Zimbabwe" sitere na dzimba-dza-mabwe, sụgharịrị site na Karanga dialect nke Shona dị ka "ụlọ nke nkume" (dzimba = otutu nke imba, "ụlọ"; mabwe = otutu nke bweanga, "nkume"). Ndị na-asụ Karanga na-asụ Shona bi gburugburu Great Zimbabwe na mpaghara Masvingo nke oge a. Ọkà mmụta ihe ochie Garlake na-ekwu na "Zimbabwe" na-anọchi anya ụdị nkwekọrịta nke dzimba-Mathwe, nke pụtara "ụlọ ndị a na-echeta" na obodo Shona nke dị na ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ nke mba ahụ.
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