Etymology

ganzá

Today it means: A Brazilian cylindrical rattle used as a percussion instrument, especially in samba music. Full definition →

Brazilian Portuguese ganzá ← Kimbundu nganza
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The story

  1. Kimbundunganza
  2. Brazilian Portugueseganzá
  3. English todayganzá

Borrowed from Portuguese ganzá, from Kimbundu nganza (“gourd”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.