KWA

Meaning of KWA in English

[ kwα: ]

■ noun a major branch of the Niger–Congo family of languages, spoken from the Ivory Coast to Nigeria.

Origin

the name in ~.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

KWA — noun Date: 1857 a branch of the Niger-Congo language family that is spoken along the African coast and its hinterland …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KWA — ˈkwä noun ( plural kwa ) Usage: usually capitalized : a branch of the Niger-Congo language family that contains the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KWA — /kwah/ , adj. 1. of, belonging to, or constituting Kwa. n. 2. a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KWA — n. subgroup of the Niger-Congo family of languages (includes languages spoken in coastal regions of western Africa)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KWA — noun Date: 1857 : a branch of the Niger-Congo language family that is spoken along the African coast and its …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KWA — [Kwa] n (1857): a branch of the Niger-Congo language family that is spoken along the African coast and its hinterland …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KWA — Kwa BrE AmE kwɑː
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KWA — n. Pronunciation: ' kwä Function: noun Date: 1857 : a branch of the Niger-Congo language family that is spoken along …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
KWA LANGUAGES — Branch of the Niger-Congo language family . Forty-five Kwa languages are spoken by approximately 20 million people in the southern …
Английский словарь Британика
KWA LANGUAGES — a branch of the Niger-Congo language family consisting of 45 languages spoken by approximately 20 million people in the southern …
Britannica English vocabulary
KWA LANGUAGES — Branch of the Niger-Congo language family . Forty-five Kwa languages are spoken by approximately 20 million people in the southern …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NIGER-CONGO — noun Etymology: Niger (river) + Congo (river) Date: circa 1950 a language family that includes the Mande and Kwa branches …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KWASHIORKOR — noun Etymology: Ga (Kwa language of coastal Ghana) kwàṣìɔkɔ́ influence a child is said to be under when a second …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EWE — noun (plural ~; also ~s) Etymology: ~ eβe, βe, a self-designation Date: 1861 a people of Ghana and Togo speaking …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AKAN — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Date: 1694 a member of any of the ~-speaking peoples (as the Ashanti), a Kwa …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NIGER-CONGO LANGUAGES — Family of some 1,400 languages of Africa. All of these are considered to be distinct languages and not simply dialects. …
Английский словарь Британика
LIBERIA — officially Republic of Liberia Republic, western Africa. Area: 38,250 sq mi (99,067 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 3,288,000. Capital: Monrovia …
Английский словарь Британика
LANGUAGE — I System of conventional spoken or written symbols used by people in a shared culture to communicate with each other. …
Английский словарь Британика
KASAI RIVER — River, central Africa. It is the chief southern tributary of the Congo River , measuring 1,338 mi (2,153 km) from …
Английский словарь Британика
FON — People of southern Benin and adjacent parts of Togo. They speak a dialect of Gbe, a Kwa language of the …
Английский словарь Британика
FANTE — or Fanti Second largest segment of the Akan peoples of the southern coast of Ghana. The Fante speak a language …
Английский словарь Британика
EWE — Peoples of southeastern Ghana, southern Benin, and southern Togo. They speak dialects of Gbe, a Kwa language of the Niger-Congo …
Английский словарь Британика
QUADRUPLICATE — I. (ˈ)kwä|drüplə̇kə̇t, kwəˈd-, -plēk- sometimes (ˈ)kwȯ|- or -ləˌkāt, usu -d.+V adjective Etymology: Latin quadruplicatus, past participle of quadruplicare 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUADRUPLE — I. (ˈ)kwä|drüpəl also -rəp- or kwəˈd- or ˈkwädrəp- sometimes (ˈ)kwȯ|- or ˈkwȯdrəp- verb ( quadrupled ; quadrupled ; quadrupling -p(ə)liŋ …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUADRENNIAL — I. (ˈ)kwä|drenēəl, nyəl sometimes (ˈ)kwȯ|- adjective Etymology: alteration of quadriennial 1. : comprising or lasting through four years a quadrennial …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUADRATOJUGAL — I. kwä|drād.ō+ adjective Etymology: quadrate (I) + -o- + jugal 1. : of, relating to, or joining the quadrate and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUADRUPLICATE — I. kwä-ˈdrü-pli-kət adjective Etymology: Latin quadruplicatus, past participle of quadruplicare to quadruple, from quadruplic-, quadruplex fourfold, from quadri- + -plic-, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NIGERIA, FLAG OF — vertically striped green-white-green national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2. From the late 17th century in what is …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIBERIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped national flag with six red stripes and five white stripes and a blue canton bearing a white star. …
Britannica English vocabulary
AKAN LANGUAGES — dialect cluster of the Nyo group within the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Its principal members are Asante …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUASIMODO — Quasimodo BrE AmE ˌkwɑːz ɪ ˈməʊd əʊ ˌkwɒz-, ˌkwæz- AmE \ -ˈmoʊd oʊ —Formerly ˌkweɪs aɪ- . The Italian poet …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VOODOO — / ˈvuːduː; NAmE / noun [ U ] a religion that is practised especially in Haiti and involves magic and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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