kitenge
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of kitenge
C20: from Swahili
Example Sentences
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At Aweil Civil Hospital, fans are whirling overhead, and patients lie on almost bare beds covering themselves with pieces of traditional cloth, known as kitenge.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2022
Wearing a navy blue hoodie and kitenge hair wrap, she tucked her bare feet under herself.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2021
Lying on the hospital bed draped in just a traditional kitenge, she drinks deeply from a pink plastic nursery cup of tea and then grips the side of the bed, back arched.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2017
Now Pendo is resting under a white sheet while her aunt, who wears a Chelsea FC T-shirt and a traditional kitenge wrap skirt, cradles the baby.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2017
Mom’s frocks were made in the brightly patterned East African fabrics known as kitenge, or igitenge.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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