kanzu

American  

[kan-zoo] / ˈkæn zu /

noun

1. a long, usually white robe worn especially by men in central and eastern Africa.

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kanzu British  

/ ˈkænzʊ /

noun

1. a long garment, usually white, with long sleeves, worn by E African men

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Etymology

Origin of kanzu

Borrowed into English from Swahili around 1900–05

Example Sentences

Basking in the late afternoon sun, the 37-year-old took to the stage wearing a bright white kanzu robe - a traditional tunic from Uganda, where his parents are from.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

Pictures from the magistrate's court in eastern Uganda show him dressed in a white tunic, or kanzu, and walking with the aid of a crutch under his right arm.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

Co-star Daniel Kaluuya, an Oscar nominee for his star turn in Get Out, arrived wearing a kanzu, the formal tunic of his Ugandan ancestry.

From Time • Feb. 8, 2018

Through a rent in his white kanzu, which was glued to his body, his shoulder appeared, covered with a black encrustation.

From Sacrifice by Whitman, Stephen French

Underneath he wore the kanzu, the under robe of fine white cotton, embroidered round the neck with a bit of red needlework, and reaching to his boots of soft, black leather.

From Sacrifice by Whitman, Stephen French