Editing Tanzania (section)

==Etymology==
The name Tanzania was created as a [[clipped compound]] of the names of the two states that unified to create the country: [[Tanganyika (1961–1964)|Tanganyika]] and [[People's Republic of Zanzibar|Zanzibar]].<ref>{{OEtymD|tanzania}}</ref> When Zanzibar and Tanganyika were uniting, national newspaper ''The Standard'' ran a contest for a new name, which was won by Mohammed Iqbal Dar. Iqbal claimed he formulated the name by taking "Tan" and "zan" from the uniting states, "i" from his own name, and adding "a" as a reference to [[Ahmadiyya]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mazimu |first=Yusuph |date=4 March 2025 |title=Mohammed Iqbal Dar: Mjue mbunifu wa jina 'Tanzania' aliyeaga dunia |url=https://www.bbc.com/swahili/articles/crrdq0v420ko |access-date=24 March 2025 |work=BBC News Swahili}}</ref>

The name Tanganyika is derived from the [[Swahili language|Swahili]] words ''tanga'' "sail" and ''nyika'' "uninhabited plain, wilderness", creating the phrase "sail in the wilderness". It is sometimes understood as a reference to [[Lake Tanganyika]].<ref>[http://home.frognet.net/~jaknouse/gaz-af.html John Knouse: A Political World Gazetteer: Africa] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610213113/http://home.frognet.net/~jaknouse/gaz-af.html |date=10 June 2011}} website accessed 1 May 2007.</ref>

The name of [[Zanzibar]] derives from ''[[Zanj]]'', the name of a local people (said to mean "black"), and Arabic ''barr'' "coast" or "shore."<ref>{{OEtymD|zanzibar}}</ref>