Main Entry:
Mo⋅zam⋅bique
[moh-zam-beek, -zuhm-]
–noun
A country of southeast Africa. Inhabited by Bantu peoples from the 1st century A.D., the
coast was settled by Arab traders beginning in the 8th century. The Portuguese colonized
the area in the early 16th century and governed it as part of their India holdings until
1752, when a separate administrative unit was formed. It became an overseas province in
1951 and, after a decade of civil war, gained its independence in 1975. Maputo is the
capital and the largest city. Population: 20,900,000. The American Heritage® Dictionary
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