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kwacha

  (kwä'chə)

A basic unit of currency in Malawi and Zambia.

[Bemba and Chewa, dawn : kw-, infinitive pref. + -acha, to dawn.]

Monetary unit of Malawi and Zambia.

Is the currency for: Malawi , Zambia

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the basic unit of money in Zambia
  Synonym: Zambian kwacha

Meaning #2: the basic unit of money in Malawi
  Synonym: Malawi kwacha

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Kwacha refers to:

• The Zambian kwacha, the currency of Zambia since 1968
• The Malawian kwacha, the currency of Malawi since 1971

The name is derived from a nationalist slogan alluding to a 'new dawn of freedom' from the word for 'dawn' in some Bantu languages.

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