English Explanatory Dictionary

zilizopendwa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A genre of urban East African music recorded in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Word forms

zilizopendwa

Etymology

From Swahili zilizopendwa (“those that were loved (inanimate)”), probably because the genre arose in the post-independence era in East Africa and was loved by locals for its representation of freedom.

Synonyms

zilipendwa
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