kwacha

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noun

Malawi's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 tambala.

Similar
Zambian kwachaMalawi kwacha
OriginChichewa kwacha →
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Meanings

nounkwacha (plural kwacha or kwachas)

plural kwachas

  1. Malawi's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 tambala.
  2. Zambia's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 ngwee.

    ‘We left more kwacha than heʼs ever seen in his whole life.’

    2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 294

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe basic unit of money in Zambia

Similar
Zambian kwacha
Broader
Zambian monetary unit

nounthe basic unit of money in Malawi

Similar
Malawi kwacha
Broader
Malawian monetary unit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Chichewakwacha
  2. Chichewakwacha
  3. Englishkwacha

Borrowed from Chichewa kwacha (“it has dawned”).

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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