name
Nzinga
n-ZING-ah
nˈzɪŋɡɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Nzinga
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Kongo/DRC/Angola
- Meaning
- to twist or to wrap around; a name of royal significance in Central African history, most famously borne by Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, a 17th-century warrior queen who fiercely resisted Portuguese colonization and is venerated today as a symbol of African leadership and resistance
- Gender
- female
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