[Marshall] Texas Republican, August 18, 1860
The word “Zouave” is generally and incorrectly pronounced as a word of two syllables. It should be spoken as if written Zwuve, the a having the Italian sound as in “fau.” The name is derived from the Arabic Zouaona, a confederacy of the Kabile tribe, who lives on the mountains back of Algiers. The original Zouaves in the French service were composed of Arabs from the country near Algiers.