Word.ws English Dictionary

karamu

karamu noun: the feast eaten as part of Kwanzaa celebrations.

Noun (1)

karamu

  1. The feast eaten as part of Kwanzaa celebrations.
    • We're going to party, karamu, fiesta, forever1983, Lionel Richie, “All Night Long”, in Can't Slow Down

Noun (2)

karamu

  1. (New Zealand) Any of several species of Coprosma trees and shrubs found in New Zealand.
    • He shuts his eyes, and drops the twig of karamu he holds in his left hand.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 340

Origin of karamu

Borrowed from Swahili karamu (“feast, banquet”).

Borrowed from Māori karamū.

Questions about karamu

What does karamu mean?
Karamu means the feast eaten as part of Kwanzaa celebrations.
What part of speech is karamu?
Karamu is a noun.

Words near karamu in the dictionary

  1. Karamoja
  2. Karamojo
  3. Karamojong
  4. Karamojos
  5. Karams
  6. karamu
  7. Karan
  8. karanchi
  9. karanchis
  10. karanda
  11. karandas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: karamu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “karamu.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/karamu. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.