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Definition of Kwanza
1. Noun. The basic unit of money in Angola.
2. Noun. A festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year.
Definition of Kwanza
1. Noun. The currency of Angola ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kwanza
1. a monetary unit of Angola [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kwanza
| kvetcher kvetchers kvetches kvetchier kvetchiest kvetching kvetchy kw kwaai kwacha | kwachas kwagga kwaggas kwai kwaito kwanza kwanzas kwashiorkor kwashiorkors kweek | kwela kwelas kwerekwere kwh kwukyel ky- kyBP kyaboca wood kyack |
Literary usage of Kwanza
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"The Kwanza.—Its Navigation.—Neat Villages.—Convivial Gathering. ... On the farther
side of this no wed the Kwanza, which floods the whole of this plain in ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"This elevation continues eastward with little change—only dipping somewhat as it
reaches the valley of the Kwanza—until about 4000 feet is again attained ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1876)
"The country on both banks of the Kwanza is called ... After the Kwanza we next
crossed the Kokema, one of its important affluents, which at that point was ..."
4. A History of the Colonization of Africa by Alien Races by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1899)
"J Loanda with 150 soldiers—nearly all that remained—he marched against the king's
forces near the Kwanza river, and routed them with great loss, ..."
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