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tzantza

tzantza is the alternative spelling of tsantsa.

Meaning of tsantsa

Noun

tsantsa (plural tsantsas)

  1. A shrunken head made by the Shuar and related people of South America.

Forms of tzantza

pluraltzantzas

Origin of tzantza

From Spanish tzantza, from Shuar; an alternative transliteration of tsantsa.

Questions about tzantza

What is tzantza the alternative spelling of?
Tzantza is the alternative spelling of tsantsa.

Words near tzantza in the dictionary

  1. tzadikim
  2. tzadiks
  3. tzadis
  4. tzadziki
  5. Tzakonian
  6. tzantza
  7. tzantzas
  8. Tzapotec
  9. Tzapotecs
  10. tzar
  11. tzaraat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tzantza (page history and authors); tsantsa (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.

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