a member of a South African people traditionally living mainly in KwaZulu-Natal province. The Zulus formed a powerful military empire in southern Africa during the 19th century before being defeated in a series of engagements with Afrikaner and British settlers

the Bantu language of the Zulus, related to Xhosa and spoken by over 9 million people. It is one of the official languages of South Africa

he is now fluent in Zulu and Setswana

a code word representing the letter Z, used in radio communication