name
Cinga
CHING-ah
ˈtʃɪŋɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Cinga
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Uduk (Sudan/Ethiopia)
- Meaning
- a feminine name from the Uduk people, a small Nilo-Saharan community straddling the Sudan–Ethiopia border whose language, Koman, is one of the most linguistically isolated in Africa; the Uduk experienced catastrophic displacement during the Sudanese civil wars and their story of survival was documented by the anthropologist Wendy James; Cinga carries the soft tonal cadence characteristic of Uduk speech and expresses the community's hope that a daughter will bring calm and continuity to her family across generations of upheaval
- Gender
- female
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