kwanza
/ˈkwɑːnzə/noun
kwanza is a noun meaning “The currency of Angola, symbol Kz, divided into a hundred cêntimos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-W-A-N-Z-A and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of kwanza is kwanzas.
What does kwanza mean?
noun
- 1
The currency of Angola, symbol Kz, divided into a hundred cêntimos.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce kwanza?
- /ˈkwɑːnzə/
Kwanza has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-kwanza.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of kwanza
- kwanzas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is kwanza?
Kwanza appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does kwanza come from?
Named after the Kwanza (Cuanza) River in Angola.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).