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Words starting with "S" (4378 found, showing 151-200)

Sacred space

🌍 Libya

سيكرد سبيس (Sacred space)

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Sacrifice

🇧🇼 Botswana

Sacrifice (Ritual offering)

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Sacrifice

🌍 Burkina Faso

Sacrifice (Ritual offering)

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Sacs plastiques interdits

🌍 Guinea

Interdiction des plastiques (Plastic bags banned)

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Sad

🌍 Cameroon

Ngidabukile / Angikhululekile (I'm sad / I'm not okay)

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Sadaka

🌍 Kutoa sadaka (To give charity)

Aumône/Charité (Alms/Charity)

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Sadaka giver (charity distributor)

🌍 The Gambia

Regularly gives charity

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Sadaka ya Ijumaa

🌍 Weekly religious giving

Friday charity

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Sadaqa

🇩🇿 Algeria

Charity

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Sada’a

🇪🇬 Egypt

Means “to friend-zone” someone (literally “echo” implying nothing romantic in return).

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Saddex

🌍 Djibouti

Three (Somali)

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Sadiq

🇩🇿 Algeria

Honest/truthful

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Sadly sadly

🌍 Cameroon

Sadly sadly (Very sad)

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Sadza

🇿🇦 South Africa

Zimbabwe’s staple food: a stiff maize-meal porridge. Not really “slang” (it’s the proper name), but sometimes used figur...

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Saf safal (spicing up)

🌍 The Gambia

Adding spices to food

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Safa

🌍 Angola

Means to get out of trouble or to manage.

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Safar dheer

🌍 Djibouti

Long journey

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Safar salama

🌍 Djibouti

Safe journey (mixed)

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Safar wanaagsan

🌍 Djibouti

Good journey (Somali) - travel wish

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Safari

🌍 Central African Republic

Safari (Safari)

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Safari

🌍 Burundi

Safari (Hunt/journey)

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Safari

🌍 Cameroon

Safari (Hunt/journey)

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Safari Rally

🇰🇪 Kenya

Mashindano ya magari Kenya (Kenya car rally)

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Safari guide

🇰🇪 Kenya

Kiongozi wa safari (Safari guide)

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Safari guide (wildlife shower)

🌍 The Gambia

Shows wildlife to tourists

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Safari njema

🌍 Comoros

Safari salama (Good journey)

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Safari unique

🌍 Chad

Safari unique (Unique safari)

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Safari ya Mara

🇰🇪 Kenya

Safari ya Masai Mara (Masai Mara safari)

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Safari ya anga

🌍 Flight journey

Air travel

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Safari ya bahari

🌍 Ocean journey

Sea voyage

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Safari ya baharini

🌍 Travel between islands

Sea journey

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Safari ya maisha

🌍 Migration for better life

Life journey

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Safari ya miguu

🌍 Comoros

Foot journey

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Safari ya mohéli

🌍 Safari ya Mohéli ni nzuri (Trip to Mohéli is nice)

Voyage à Mohéli (Trip to Mohéli)

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Safari za kale

🌍 Comoros

Ancient voyages

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Safari za kigeni

🌍 Comoros

Foreign journeys

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Safari za mlimani

🌍 Comoros

Mountain trips

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Safe

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Slang used like “cool” or “no problem,” originally British but common with Zim youth, especially in Harare.

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Safe driving

🌍 Eswatini

Kushayela kahle (Driving well)

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Safe haven

🌍 Namibia

Secure place (Protection spot)

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Safe journey

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Travel well/Bon voyage (Safe journey)

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Safe ka dhig

🌍 Djibouti

Make it safe

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Safe space

🌍 Central African Republic

Espaço seguro (Safe space)

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Safe spaces for women

🌍 Guinea

Espaces sûrs pour femmes (Safe spaces for women)

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Safe travels

🌍 Cameroon

Safe travels (Protected journey)

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Safe zone

🌍 Eswatini

Indawo lephephile (Safe place)

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Safen performer (dance expert)

🌍 The Gambia

Performs Safen dance

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Safety

🌍 Liberia

Security/Protection (Safety)

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Safety equipment

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

የደህንነት መሳሪያዎች/የደህንነት መሳሪያዎች (Yedehinet mesariyawoch) - safety equipment

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Safety meeting

🌍 Equatorial Guinea

Reunión de seguridad obligatoria (Mandatory safety meeting)

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