"pwani" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpwɑ.ni/ Audio: Sw-ke-pwani.flac [Kenya] Forms: in the [adverbial, class-16, locative, noun], ku [adverbial, locative, noun]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun form|adverbial locative noun in the pa, ku, or mu locative classes|cat2=noun locative forms|head=}} pwani (adverbial locative noun in the pa, ku, or mu locative classes)
  1. locative of pwa: at the coastline Wikipedia link: sw:pwani Tags: form-of, locative Form of: pwa (extra: at the coastline) Categories (topical): Geography Synonyms: puani

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for pwani meaning in Swahili (1.6kB)

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