noun
pl. kwan′zas the basic monetary unit of Angola
Origin of kwanza
after the Cuanza River, in Angolakwanza
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kwanza
noun
pl. kwanza, or kwan·zasOrigin of kwanza
After the Kwanza River, the largest river of AngolaKwanza
See Cuanza.
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kwanza - Investment & Finance Definition
The currency unit of Angola, comprised of 100 lwei.
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Sentence Examples
- While many typically believe that holiday stress only occurs over the Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanza season, this really isn't the case.
- Surfing the Net with Kids this site offers Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, and winter games geared towards children.
- The word Kwanzaa comes from the expression mantunda yo kwanza, which is Swahili for "first fruits."
- Ambaca and Malanje are the chief places in the fertile agricultural district of the middle Kwanza, S.E.
- Of coast, with its hinterland, between the mouths of the rivers Dande and Kwanza, forming the central portion of the Portuguese dominions in West Africa; in a looser manner Angola is used to designate all the western coast of Africa south of the Congo in the possession of Portugal; but the name is now officially applied to the whole of the province.
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