Kwanzaa

Definition: Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa

Noun

1. A festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Years.

Synonym: Kwanzaa

Synonym: Kwanza (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Kwanzaa

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Kwanzaa is a holiday celebrated by many African Americans, over seven days between December 26 and January 1. Kwanzaa was invented by Mualana Karenga in 1966.

Each of the days symbolizes one of Seven Principles (Nguzo Saba):

Umoja (Unity),
Kuji-chagulia (Self-determination),
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility),
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics),
Nia (Purpose),
Kuumba (Creativity), and
Imani (Faith).

Its name derives from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning "first fruits". An additional "a" was added to Swahili "kwanza" so that the word would have seven letters, one for each of the seven principles.

External Link

The official Kwanzaa website

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kwanzaa."

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Modern Usage: Kwanzaa

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	So have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Chanukah, a Krazy Kwanzaa, a Tip Top Tet, and a solemn, eventful Ramadan. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Kwanzaa

Domain	Title
Books	Imani's Gift at Kwanzaa (Multicultural Celebrations) (reference) Kwanzaa (True Books) (reference) Kwanzaa Celebration (Pop-Up Book) (reference) Kwanzaa Kids (reference) Merry Christmas, Baby: A Christmas and Kwanzaa Treasury (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Celebration of Kwanzaa (reference) Rugrats - Kwanzaa (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	KWANZAA for Young People (and Everyone else!) (reference) Sounds of Kwanzaa (reference) The Kwanzaa Album (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Kwanzaa

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Kwanzaa

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
kwanzaa	329
babys first kwanzaa	6
kwanzaa picture	6
kwanzaa recipe	4
kwanzaa lesson plan	3
kwanzaa principle	3
kwanzaa clip art	2
kwanzaa symbol	2
the seven principle of kwanzaa	2
kwanzaa song	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Kwanzaa

Misspellings
	"Kwanzaa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mkhwanazi, Mwanza, Nwanza. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Kwanzaa

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-k-n-w-z"
	-1 letter: kwanza.
	-3 letters: azan, kana.
	-4 letters: ana, awa, awn, naw, wan.
	-5 letters: aa, an, aw, ka, na.
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