kwanza

[ kwahn-zuh ]

noun,plural kwan·za, kwan·zas.
  1. a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Angola, equal to 100 lwei: replaced the escudo in 1977.

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kwanza

/ (ˈkwænzə) /


noun
  1. the standard monetary unit of Angola, divided into 100 lwei

Origin of kwanza

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from a Bantu language

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