<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a republic in southern Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980.</li><li>150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km).</li><li>Harare.</li><li>formerly South ern Rhodesia, the site of stone ruins Great Zimbabwe discovered c1870 in Rhodesia, probably built by a Bantu people, consisting of three main groups of ruins, and dating between the 9th and 15th centuries A.D.</li></ul>