kwanzaa

Kwan·zaa

K k

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kwahn-zuh]
- /ˈkwɑn zə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kwahn-zuh]
- /ˈkwɑn zə/

Definitions of kwanzaa word

noun plural kwanzaa a harvest festival celebrated from Dec. 26th until Jan. 1st in some African-American communities. 1
noun kwanzaa a seven-day festival beginning on Dec 26 when African-Americans celebrate family, community, and culture 0
noun kwanzaa an African-American cultural festival observed from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1 0

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Origin of kwanzaa

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1965-70, Kwanzaa is from the Swahili word kwanza first

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Parts of speech for Kwanzaa

noun

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exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Kwanzaa

kwanzaa popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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