name
Mwangelwa
mwan-GEL-wah
mwɑnˈɡɛlwɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Mwangelwa
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Lozi / Barotse (Zambia)
- Meaning
- one who is brought; one who arrives as a gift; the Lozi understand children as beings sent from the divine realm to enrich the human community; the name situates the child within a cosmic order in which births are not accidental but purposeful arrivals
- Gender
- unisex
Pronunciation tips
Three syllables; 'mw' is a bilabial approximant cluster; stress the second syllable
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