English Explanatory Dictionary

kwacha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Malawi's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 tambala.
  2. Zambia's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 ngwee.

Word forms

kwacha kwachas

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *-kéa Chichewa -cha Chichewa kwachabor. English kwacha Borrowed from Chichewa kwacha (“it has dawned”).

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