kwacha

kwa·cha

K0119100 (kwä′chə)n. pl. kwacha See Table at currency.

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[Bemba and Chewa, dawn (used as a nationalist rallying cry in Malawi and Zambia, in reference to the anticolonial slogan new dawn of freedom) : kw-, infinitive pref. + -acha, to dawn.]

kwacha

(ˈkwɑːtʃɑː) n1. (Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Zambia, divided into 100 ngwee2. (Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Malawi, divided into 100 tambala[from a native word in Zambia]

kwa•cha

(ˈkwɑ tʃə)

n., pl. -chas. the basic monetary unit of Malawi and Zambia.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kwacha - the basic unit of money in Zambia Zambian kwachaZambian monetary unit - monetary unit in Zambiangwee - 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha in Zambia
	2.	kwacha - the basic unit of money in Malawi Malawi kwachaMalawian monetary unit - monetary unit in Malawitambala - 100 tambala equal 1 kwacha in Malawi