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Zanzibarian

adjective
Zan·zi·bar·ian | \ ¦zan-zə-¦bär-ē-ən \
variants: or less commonly Zanzibari \¦zan-zə-¦bär-ē \

Definition of Zanzibarian 

: of or relating to Zanzibar or its inhabitants

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1838, in the meaning defined above

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