Welcome to the Great Zimbabwe. No I didn’t just discover a new country. As there is only one group of people on our planet that we all refer to as Great: ?? ??? The word ‘Zimbabwe”, is a Shona (Bantu) word meaning “stone houses.” And this where their empire was ruled from a thousand years ago. -#longlivetheking and his 200 wives that lived just beyond this sign. – that pretty great. For him.