From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishMozambiqueMo‧zam‧bique /ˌməʊzəmˈbiːk/ a country in southeast Africa, between Tanzania and South Africa. Population: 24,096,669 (2014). Capital: Maputo. In the 1980s and early 1990s there was a long civil war, and many people were killed or left the country. —Mozambiquean noun, adjective