the constitution named the new state simply as "zimbabwe rhodesia", with no reference to its status as a republic in its name. as such, it was similar in style to post-1994 south africa renaming the natal province as "kwazulu-natal". although the official name contained no hyphen, the country's name was hyphenated in some foreign publications as "zimbabwe-rhodesia". the country was also nicknamed "rhobabwe", a portmanteau of "rhodesia" and "zimbabwe".