Common Place Names in Zulu
Zulu place names usually occur in their locative form, which combines what would in English be separate prepositions with the name concerned. This is usually achieved by simply replacing the i- prefix with an e- prefix (for example, 'eGoli' translates literally as 'to/at/in/from Johannesburg' when iGoli is simply Johannesburg), but changes in the name can also occur (see Durban below). The locatives are given in brackets.
- South Africa: iNingizimu Afrika (Xhosa: uMzansi Afrika)
- Durban: iTheku (eThekwini)
- Johannesburg: iGoli (eGoli)
- Cape Town: iKapa (eKapa)
- Pretoria: iPitoli (ePitoli)
- Pietermaritzburg: uMgungundlovu (eMgungundlovu)
- Ladysmith: uMnambithi (eMnambithi)
- Overseas: phesheya
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