"Kiwani" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Kiwanis [plural]
Etymology: From Ojibwe [Term?] (“we trade”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|oj|||we trade}} Ojibwe [Term?] (“we trade”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Kiwani (plural Kiwanis)
  1. A member of Kiwanis International, an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan.
    Sense id: en-Kiwani-en-noun-yFrG5gQ2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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