name
Likundikila
lee-koon-dee-KEE-lah
liːkundiˈkiːlɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Likundikila
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Makonde (Tanzania/Mozambique)
- Meaning
- a Makonde masculine name meaning the one who endures or he who survives what others cannot; the Makonde plateau's relative inaccessibility — steep escarpments and dense bush — enabled the Makonde to resist Arab slave raiders, colonial administrators, and later the Portuguese with a tenacity unmatched by more geographically exposed peoples; names evoking endurance and survival carry the full weight of this historical experience, marking a son as the inheritor of a community whose greatest achievement has been the preservation of its cultural integrity through generations of external pressure
- Gender
- male
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