Kwa

American  

[kwah] / kwɑ /

adjective

1. of, belonging to, or constituting Kwa.

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noun

1. a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Ewe, Ibo, Yoruba, and other languages of coastal West Africa.

Kwa British  

/ kwɑː /

noun

1. a group of languages, now generally regarded as a branch of the Niger-Congo family, spoken in an area of W Africa extending from Côte d'Ivoire to E Nigeria and including Akan, Ewe, Yoruba, and Ibo

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adjective

1. relating to or belonging to this group of languages

Example Sentences

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Kwa

His compositions -- including "Love & Death", "Heaven", "Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara" and "Appia Kwa Bridge" -- gained renewed international attention decades later as DJs, collectors and record labels reissued his music.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

The exhumations near Kwa Binzaro have been temporarily suspended as homicide and forensic experts prepare to examine the remains found so far.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025

This is the fifth new national monument established by the Biden administration to protect the country's natural landscapes, following the designation of the Avi Kwa Ame national monument in Nevada earlier in 2023.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2023

In March, he designated the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada, which protects mostly BLM-managed lands that are considered sacred to Yuman-speaking Native American tribes.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 8, 2023

From Kwa to Boma the journey was comparatively easy.

From The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa by Edward Stratemeyer

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