kwanza

(kwän)

noun pl. kwanzas

the basic monetary unit of Angola

Origin: after the Cuanza River, in Angola

See kwanza in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Kwanza kwanza or kwan·zas
See Table at currency.

Origin:

Origin: Bantu

Origin: , possibly from Kwanza (Cuanza), a river of Angola

Origin: or from Swahili kwanza, first

Origin: , or from kuanza, to begin

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See Cuanza.

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