Zimbabwe (IPA: ), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, and formerly the Republic of Rhodesia, is a landlocked country in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It borders South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest, and Mozambique to the east. The name Zimbabwe derives from "Zimba Remabwe" meaning "big house of stone" in the Shona language. Its use as the country's name is a tribute to Great Zimbabwe, site of the capital of the Empire of Great Zimbabwe. In recent years the economy of Zimbabwe deteriorated from one of the strongest in Africa, to one of the weakest in the world and is currently in a state of hyperinflation.