Kwa

[kwah]

adjective

1. of, belonging to, or constituting Kwa.

noun

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

Kwa

/ 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

adjective

1. relating to or belonging to this group of languages

Example Sentences

Kigali, the eponymous climb of Rwanda’s capital city, punctuated by a cobblestoned sector—Kwa Mutwe—so steep it was a chore to walk, never mind pedal.

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She was told his body had been found in Kwa Binzaro village on 19 July during a police raid organised because of reports of suspicious disappearances.

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Five bodies were found at the exhumation site in Kwa Binzaro village near Shakahola Forest on Thursday and a further four bodies on Friday.

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Already, a small portion of the fire has spread from California into the newly established Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada.

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To deal with the increased crowds, traffic police now direct buses in neighborhoods like To Kwa Wan.

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