MONOMOTAPA, a country in the S.E. of Africa, to the S. of the Zambezi, between 15. and 19. S. Lat., and 30. and 35. E. Long. It is inhabited by a people of the Mucaranga race, and was formerly an important empire, but it is now split up into independent states, of which the most important are Susas and the Katalosas. The name Monomotapa is not now in use.