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Definition: Kwanza |
KwanzaNoun1. The basic unit of money in Angola. 2. A festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Years. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geography | Currency of Angola. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: KwanzaSynonym: Kwanzaa (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Kwanza |
| English words defined with "kwanza": lwei. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Kwanza" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swahili (first). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Angola | Provincial governments, particularly in Malange and Kwanza Norte, limited press freedom and harassed independent journalists during the year. (references) |
Angola | In July authorities threatened nine journalists in N'dalatando, Kwanza Norte province, because of high-level contacts they maintained with UNITA-Renovada. (references) | |
Angola | On November 5, a Kwanza Sul judge acquitted independent radio journalist Isidoro Natalicio of charges that he used his private home, which was rented from the Government, as a reporter's office. (references) | |
Economic History | Angola | In 1482, when the Portuguese first landed in what is now northern Angola, they encountered the Kingdom of the Congo, which stretched from modern Gabon in the north to the Kwanza River in the south. (references) |
Human Rights | Angola | Reports of FAA and police harassment of NGO workers significantly decreased during the year after U.N. civil-military officers were assigned to FAA units; however, there continued to be reports of such harassment, particularly in Malange, Bie, and Kwanza Norte. (references) |
Angola | On August 10, approximately 250 persons, mostly civilians, were killed after a UNITA landmine near Zenza do Itumbe, Kwanza Norte province, exploded under a passenger train; there were reports that UNITA forces shot passengers who were fleeing the wreckage of the train. (references) | |
Political Economy | Angola | Annual per capita GDP was approximately $450 (13,500 kwanza). (references) |
Political Rights | Angola | There also were reports that members of the MPLA beat and detained UNITA-Renovada members whom they accused of supporting Savimbi in Uige and Kwanza Norte. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Kwanza" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Kwanza" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
kwanza | 25 |
cherry kwanza tree | 6 |
cherry kwanza | 3 |
kwanza celebration | 2 |
candle kwanza | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "kwanza"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kwanza, AOA. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kwanza, AOA. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kwanza, AOA. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | kwanza, AOA. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kwanza, AOA. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κουάνζα, AOA. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | kwanza, AOA. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anzakway kwanza, AOA. (various references) kwanza, AOA. (various references) kwanza, AOA. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "kwanza": kwanzas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "kwanza" (pronounced kwÄ"nzu) |
| 3 | -n z u | bonanza, extravaganza, influenza, stanza. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-k-n-w-z" | |
-2 letters: azan, kana. | |
-3 letters: ana, awa, awn, naw, wan. | |
-4 letters: aa, an, aw, ka, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-k-n-w-z" | |
+1 letter: kwanzas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 77 61 6E 7A 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- .--. .- -. --.. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01110111 01100001 01101110 01111010 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K w a n z a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0077 0061 006E 007A 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)458967809267 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego, grek |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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