Quacha

Quacha
Quacha \Qua"cha\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The quagga. [1913 Webster]

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  • quacha — obs. form of quagga …   Useful english dictionary

  • quagga — noun Etymology: obsolete Afrikaans (now kwagga), from Khoikhoi quácha Date: 1785 an extinct mammal (Equus quagga) of southern Africa that resembled and was related to the zebras …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • quagga — /kwag euh, kwog euh/, n. an extinct equine mammal, Equus quagga, of southern Africa, related to and resembling the zebra, but striped only on the forepart of the body and the head. [1775 85; < Afrik (now sp. kwagga) < Khoikhoi, first recorded as… …   Universalium

  • quagga — (n.) 1785, from Afrikaans (1710), from the name for the beast in a native language, perhaps Hottentot quacha, probably of imitative origin. In modern Xhosa, the form is iqwara, with a clicking q . The last one died in an Amsterdam zoo in 1883 …   Etymology dictionary

  • kwacha — |quacha| s. m. [Economia] Unidade monetária do Malawi e da Zâmbia. • Plural: kwachas.   ‣ Etimologia: língua banta …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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