"Traditional name"
The name Nzinga is commonly a female name.
Nzinga is a Kimbundu name from the Mbundu peoples of Angola. It is attested from the seventeenth century through Queen Nzinga Mbandi, who ruled Ndongo and later Matamba and whose name is usually spelled Njinga in scholarly writing; Nzingha is another spelling. Use of the name in English is closely tied to that historical figure.
The pronunciation of Nzinga is en-ZING-guh.
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