name
Mwanvua
mwan-VOO-ah
mwɑnˈvuːɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Mwanvua
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Luba/Kasai (DRC)
- Meaning
- a Luba feminine name meaning child of the rain or daughter born in the rainy season; among the Luba of the Kasai basin, the rains are associated with agricultural abundance, renewal, and the generative power of the earth; a daughter born during the great rains is seen as carrying that fertility and blessing within her, and a name acknowledging the season of her birth connects her permanently to the agricultural rhythms and spiritual calendar of her community, ensuring that she is remembered as one whose arrival brought abundance
- Gender
- female
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