| 释义 |
kwacha|ˈkwɑːtʃə|
[Chibemba kwacha dawn.]
a. Used as a Zambian nationalist slogan.
b. The basic currency unit in Zambia. Also, a banknote of this value.
1962K. Kaunda Zambia shall be Free xvii. 160 For a long time I have led my people in their shouts of Kwacha (the dawn). We have been shouting it in the darkness; now there is the grey light of dawn on the horizon and I know that Zambia will be free. 1966Times 10 Mar. 8/7 Mr. Arthur Wina, Finance Minister, told Parliament today that in 1968 Zambia will have its own decimal currency. The new unit will be the ‘Kwacha’, worth 10s. and meaning ‘Dawn of Freedom’. 1967D. C. Mulford Zambia v. 198 Speaking to the Conference's 4,000 delegates amid shouts of ‘Action Now’ and ‘Kwacha’, Kaunda launched into an impassioned attack. 1971Whitaker's Almanack 1972 775/1 Zambia adopted decimal currency on Jan. 16, 1968, the unit being the Kwacha, equivalent to 10s. of the former currency. The kwacha = 58 p. sterling. 1972Daily Tel. 18 Sept. 18/8 The company has a fully paid up capital of 2·7 million kwacha, which is to be purchased by Indeco from Unilever of Britain over seven years. 1973Guardian 23 Mar. 14/5 The exchange rate is given as ·7143 kwachas per US dollar. |