KWANZA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kwanza mean? 

• KWANZA (noun)
  The noun KWANZA has 2 senses:

1. the basic unit of money in Angola

2. a festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year

  Familiarity information: KWANZA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KWANZA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Angola

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("kwanza" is a kind of...):

Angolan monetary unit (monetary unit in Angola)

Meronyms (parts of "kwanza"):

lwei (100 lwei equal 1 kwanza in Angola)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Kwanza; Kwanzaa

Hypernyms ("Kwanza" is a kind of...):

festival; fete (an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place))

 Context examples 

Many Virgos will become engaged over Christmas, Chanukah, or Kwanza this year.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your big moment of the month will be Christmas Day, late on December 25 in the US and South America, and on December 26 for the rest of the world. (Chanukah falls from December 22 until 30, and Kwanza begins close too, on December 26.) Eclipses bring changes, and yours will be in your relationship, in either romance or business.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)