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kwacha

kwacha noun: malawi's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 tambala.

Noun

kwacha (plural kwacha or kwachas)

  1. Malawi's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 tambala.
  2. Zambia's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 ngwee.
    • ‘We left more kwacha than heʼs ever seen in his whole life.’2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 294

Forms of kwacha

pluralkwacha
pluralkwachas

Plural of kwacha: kwacha or kwachas

Origin of kwacha

Borrowed from Chichewa kwacha (“it has dawned”).

Questions about kwacha

What does kwacha mean?
Kwacha means malawi's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 tambala.
What part of speech is kwacha?
Kwacha is a noun.
What is the plural of kwacha?
The plural of kwacha is kwacha.

Words near kwacha in the dictionary

  1. kvutzoth
  2. Kw'adza
  3. Kwa
  4. kwaai
  5. Kwaak Taanba
  6. kwacha
  7. kwachas
  8. kwagga
  9. kwaggas
  10. Kwagiulth
  11. Kwagu'ł

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