Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kinshasan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kin-shasan
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Kinshasa, capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

noun

A native or inhabitant of Kinshasa.

Example Sentences

"This initiative gave birth to an urban movement, the […] SAPE: a way of expressing an identity that was antipoverty, antidepression, and antipower (because it opposed the abas-cost, the uniform imposed by Mobutu) for thousands of young Kinshasans, as well as for Brazzavillians on the other side of the Congo River."

Etymology

From Kinshasa + -an.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Kinshasa

Inflected Forms

more Kinshasan (comparative) most Kinshasan (superlative) Kinshasans (plural)

Questions

What does kinshasan mean?: Of or relating to Kinshasa, capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Where does kinshasan come from?: From Kinshasa + -an.

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