Home › Words › M › mozambiquemozambique/ˌməʊzæmˈbiːk/mozambique means A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.mozambique is pronounced /ˌməʊzæmˈbiːk/.EtymologyBorrowed from Portuguese Moçambique, from the name of sultan Mussa Bin Bique.nameA country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.The former communist country of the People's Republic of Mozambique.The former communist country of the People's Republic of Mozambique.; A former colony of Portugal.An island or its town in the province of Nampula, Mozambique, from which its name was transferred to the country.A broad strait, the modern Mozambique Channel, which separates the island of Madagascar from the African mainland of Mozambique.e.g.“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:nounA native or inhabitant of Mozambique; a Mozambican.Any of various kinds of dress material.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).