Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Bayanin: Sunan nan "Zimbabwe" ya fito ne daga kalmar Shona don Great Zimbabwe, wani tsohon birni da ya lalace a kudu maso gabashin ƙasar wanda ragowarsa yanzu wuri ne da ake kiyayewa. Ra'ayoyi biyu daban-daban suna magance asalin kalmar. Yawancin kafofin suna riƙe da cewa "Zimbabwe" ya samo asali ne daga dzimba-dza-mabwe, wanda aka fassara daga yaren Karanga na Shona a matsayin "gidaje na duwatsu" (dzimba = jam'i na imba, "gida"; mabwe = jam'i na bwe, "dutse"). Mutanen da ke magana da harshen Karanga suna zaune a kusa da Great Zimbabwe a lardin Masvingo na zamani. Masanin ilimin kimiyyar kayan tarihi Peter Garlake ya yi iƙirarin cewa "Zimbabwe" tana wakiltar wani nau'in kwangila na dzimba-hwe, wanda ke nufin "gidajen da ake girmamawa" a cikin yaren Zezuru na Shona kuma yawanci yana nufin gidajen shugabanni ko kaburbura. A da an san Zimbabwe da Kudancin Rhodesia (1898), Rhodesia (1965), da Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979). Amfani da "Zimbabwe" da aka fara amfani da shi a matsayin kalmar magana ta ƙasa ya samo asali ne daga 1960 a matsayin tsabar kuɗi ta hanyar baƙar fata Michael Mawema, wanda Jam'iyyar Zimbabwe National Party ta zama ta farko da ta fara amfani da sunan a 1961. Kalmar "Rhodesia" - wacce ta samo asali daga sunan mahaifiyar Cecil Rhodes, babban mai gabatar da mulkin mallaka na Birtaniyya a yankin a ƙarshen karni na 19 - 'yan kishin Afirka sun ɗauka cewa bai dace ba saboda asalin mulkin mallaka da abubuwan da ke tattare da shi.A cewar Mawema,' yan baƙar fata sun gudanar da taro a cikin 1960 don zaɓar madadin suna ga ƙasar, suna ba da shawarar sunaye kamar "Matshobana" da "Monomotapa" kafin shawarwarinsa, "Zimbabwe", ya ci gaba. Wani madadin, wanda 'yan kishin kasa suka gabatar a Matabeleland, shi ne "Matopos", yana nufin Dutsen Matopos da ke kudu da Bulawayo. Da farko ba a bayyana yadda za a yi amfani da kalmar da aka zaɓa ba - wata wasika da Mawema ta rubuta a 1961 tana nufin "Zimbabweland" - amma "Zimbabwe" ta sami isasshen tushe a shekarar 1962 don zama kalmar da aka fi so ta baƙar fata. A wata hira da aka yi da shi a shekara ta 2001, dan baƙar fata Edson Zvobgo ya tuna cewa Mawema ya ambaci sunan a lokacin wani taron siyasa, "kuma ya kama, kuma...  Tambaya: Daga ina aka samo sunan Zimbabwe?
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