Kiwani

K5I1W4A1N1I1

noun

A member of Kiwanis International, an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan.

OriginOjibwe [Term?] →
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Meanings

nounKiwani (plural Kiwanis)

plural Kiwanis

  1. A member of Kiwanis International, an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan.
    1 more example

    I copied them out of an American Automobile Association report because I'm on the spot for a talk at the Kiwanis Club luncheon next week, and I've found that whenever you've got to stand up on your hind legs and expose your ignorance the best thing you can do is put down a nice thick smoke screen of figures between you and your audience.

    1941, Popular Science, volume 138, number 3, page 140

Origin

  1. Ojibwe[Term?]“we trade”
  2. EnglishKiwani

From Ojibwe [Term?] (“we trade”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

Kiwani. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiwani

MLA

“Kiwani.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiwani. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kiwani,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiwani.

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