Definition of "Mozambique"

Mozambique

/ˌmoʊ.zæmˈbiːk/

proper noun
1. A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.
2. (historical, from 1975) The former communist country of the People's Republic of Mozambique.
  1. (historical, from the 16th century) A former colony of Portugal.
3. An island or its town in the province of Nampula, Mozambique, from which its name was transferred to the country.
4. A broad strait, the modern Mozambique Channel, which separates the island of Madagascar from the African mainland of Mozambique.
  Quotations
  During our cruise in the Mozambique we had generally light winds, almost invariably from E.S.E., or calms, and smooth water, nearly the whole time.
  1857 May, “Extracts from the Journal of Captain M. S. Nolloth, H.M.S. 'Frolic'”, in The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, for 1857, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., page 252
noun
plural Mozambiques
1. A native or inhabitant of Mozambique; a Mozambican.
2. Alternative letter-case form of mozambique (“fabric”).