Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A candleholder holding one black, three red, and three green candles, used in celebrating Kwanzaa.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Next week, students will make a candleholder called a kinara when studying Kwanzaa on Monday.
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Next week, students will make a candleholder called a kinara when studying Kwanzaa on Monday.
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Next week, students will make a candleholder called a kinara when studying Kwanzaa on Monday.
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Because its products, like the kinara (the candle holder for seven candles, one black, three red and three green), the Kikombe Cha Umoja (communal unity cup), the Mkeka (place mat) and the bendea (the African American national flag) can only be found in neighborhood Afrocentric curio shops, African American consumers shop there instead of outside their communities.
Irene Monroe: Should Kwanzaa Stay in Black Neighborhoods? Irene Monroe 2010
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There's also a special menorah celebrating those principles, called a kinara.
Kwanzaa, and three other holidays in need of more attention Sam Sanders 2010
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A major ritual element is the lighting of seven red, black, and green candles in a kinara, a holder.
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A major ritual element is the lighting of seven red, black, and green candles in a kinara, a holder.
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This Kwanzaa holiday, I'll head out to the neighborhood store to purchase my red, black and green candles for the kinara, because I know that the strength of the U.S. economy is found in its multicultural small community owned businesses that reflect our nation's diversity.
Irene Monroe: Should Kwanzaa Stay in Black Neighborhoods? Irene Monroe 2010
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The kinara holds seven candles, and each day of Kwanzaa a candle is lit.
Kwanzaa In Chicago: Events And Celebrations Of African-American Culture Aixa Velez 2010
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The kinara holds seven candles, and each day of Kwanzaa a candle is lit.
Kwanzaa In Chicago: Events And Celebrations Of African-American Culture Aixa Velez 2010
symbolt commented on the word kinara
Kinara - The kinara is the candle holder used in Kwanzaa celebrations in the United States.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinara
August 21, 2009