name
Mwangelwa
mwang-EL-wah
mwæŋˈɛlwɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Mwangelwa
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Luvale (Zambia/Angola)
- Meaning
- a Luvale masculine name meaning the messenger or the one who carries news across the river; the Luvale people of northwestern Zambia and northeastern Angola inhabit a landscape of rivers and floodplains, particularly the upper Zambezi basin, and the crossing of rivers features prominently in Luvale oral history, trade networks, and ritual geography; men charged with carrying information between villages and across waterways played an essential role in maintaining the social fabric and political communication of the Luvale kingdom
- Gender
- male
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