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Definition of Kitenge
1. Noun. An African garment similar to the sarong, often worn by women wrapped around the chest or waist or as a headscarf or sling to carry a baby. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kitenge
1. a cotton cloth worn as a dress in East Africa [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kitenge
Literary usage of Kitenge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fall of the Congo Arabs by Sidney Langford Hinde (1897)
"This island is called kitenge, after the chief who owns it, and is about three
miles long, and from half a mile to a mile wide. We had great trouble with ..."
2. Zaire: Predicament and Prospectsby Jean-Claude Willame, Hugues Leclercq, Peter Rosenblum, Catharine Newbury by Jean-Claude Willame, Hugues Leclercq, Peter Rosenblum, Catharine Newbury (1998)
"... is vying with a representative of the new political generation, kitenge Yesu,
while both pretend to be close to the Mobutu entourage. ..."
3. Bulletin by Société belge d'études coloniales, Brussels (1897)
"Nous eûmes ici beaucoup d'ennui avec les indigènes, et après avoir travaillé tout
le jour pour avancer de .trois quarts de mille, kitenge était très furieux ..."
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