Etimolojia ya neno Zanzibar : Tofauti kati ya masahihisho

[[Zanzibar]] ina uhusiano na maneno mawili ya [[Kiarabu]]. Neno la kwanza ni "[[zanj]]- ﺯﻧﺞ" lililomaanisha watu weusi au nchi ya watu weusi<ref>Wolbert Smith, An 8th Century Chinese Fragment, in Raunig, Walter (2005). Afrikas Horn: Akten der Ersten Internationalen Littmann-Konferenz 2. bis 5. Mai 2002 in München. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 130. ISBN 3-447-05175-2. ''"ancient Arabic geography had quite a fixed pattern in listing the countries from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean: These are al-Misr (Egypt)—al-Muqurra (or other designations for Nubian kingdoms)—al-Habasha (Abyssinia) - Barbara (Berber, i.e. the Somali Coast) - Zanj (Azania, i.e. the country of the "blacks"). Correspondingly almost all these terms (or as I believe: all of them!) also appear in ancient and medieval Chinese geography."'' </ref>. Katika historia kuna kipindi cha vita ya [[Zanj#Watumwa_wa_Zanj_katika_Iraki|Wazanj]] waliokuwa [[watumwa]] Waafrika katika [[Irak]] karibu na mji wa [[Basra]] walioasi dhidi ya mabwana wao [[Waarabu]] kati ya [[869]] and [[879]] BK wakijaribu kujipatia uhuru<ref>[http://www.raceandhistory.com/historicalviews/slaverebel.htm Zanj Revolt]</ref>. Neno "zanj" linaandikwa "zang زنگ" kwa Kiajemi<ref>linganisha [https://books.google.co.tz/books?id=_7pmDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=farsi+dictionary&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=farsi%20dictionary&f=false زنگي ], Reza Nazari, Jalal Daie, Persian - English Dictionary, 2018, ISBN 1547026057 na 9781547026050 </ref> na zamani taarifa nyingi za Wazungu zilitumia umbo la "Zanguebar" kwa matamshi ya Kiajemi wakitaja Zanzibar<ref>Mfano: [https://books.google.co.tz/books?id=WbVYAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=zanguebar&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=zanguebar&f=false Miss MANWARING: The Slaves of Zanguebar; and Other Poems, Birmingham 1826]</ref>.