Kwanzaaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑnzə/

固有名詞

Kwanzaa (複数形 Kwanzaas)

1. A week-long African-American cultural holiday held between December 26 and January 1.
   • 1983 December 30, Ron Alexander, “The Evening Hours”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, page B7:

     On Tuesday night at the Club Serene in Brooklyn, Mayor Koch proclaimed Kwanzaa Week in New York. Then he told the crowd of about 400 that he had practiced his Swahili in order to pronounce correctly such exotic-sounding words as kujichagulia (self-determination), ujamaa (cooperative economics) and imani (faith), the theme of Kwanzaa '83.

   • 1997 January 5, Maureen Dowd, “WASP's Bite Back”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     But now, WASP's want their place in the multicultural sun. Social rituals are social rituals. If there is Kwanzaa, why not cotillions?

   • 2021 January 30, Christina Morales, “A 10-Year-Old GameStop Investor Cashed In. His Return? Over 5,000%”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     Spying a way to use her son’s enthusiasm for video games to teach him about investing, Jaydyn’s mother, Nina Carr, decided to invest in 10 shares of GameStop at $6.19 a share for a Kwanzaa gift.

派生語

Further reading

• Kwanzaa on Wikipedia.
• Category:Kwanzaa on Wikimedia Commons.
• Kwanzaa on Wikiquote.