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“A” Words

absorption
ufyonzaji
accident
ajali
accordion
kodiani
accordion
harimuni
accountancy
uhasibu
accurate
sanifu
acre
ekari
acronym
akronimu
Adam
Adamu
adopt
panga
age
umri
age
umri
age
umri
age
zeeka
agreement
maagano
air
hewa
airplane
ndege
airplane
eropleni
Alcibiades
Alkibiades
alcohol
pombe kali
Algeria
Aljeria
Algonquin
Kialgonkwini
ambassador
balozi
amen
amina
American
Waamerika
among
miongoni mwa
and
na
angel
malaika
angel
malaika
animation
uhaishaji
anniversary
maadhimisho ya miaka
answer
jibu
answer
jawabu
anus
mkundu
apocalypse
Ufunuo
Arabian
mwaarabu
Arabic
kiarabu
Aramaic
Kiaramu
Arcadius
Arcadius
archaeology
akiolojia
architect
msanifuujenzi
Arius
Ario
army
jeshi
arrive
kufika
artist
msanii
artist
mwanasanaa
as
kama
ask
kuomba
astronaut
mwanaanga
at
karibu na
atheist
mkanamungu
atheist
mkana-mungu
atheist
mkana mungu
Australian
waustralia
Aznavour
Aznavour