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Kwan⋅zaa

[kwahn-zuh]
–noun, plural -zaas.
a harvest festival celebrated from Dec. 26th until Jan. 1st in some African-American communities.
Also, Kwanza.


Origin:
1965–70; < Swahili kwanza first
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Kwan·zaa also Kwan·za   (kwän'zə)   
n.  An African-American cultural festival, celebrated from December 26 to January 1.

[Possibly from Swahili kwanzaa, first fruit of the harvest, from kwanza, first.]
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