African Slang Words Starting With "Z"

Zone non-lotie (Unplanned area)

Zone piétonne (Pedestrian zone)

احترام المنطقة (Zone respect)

Zone interdite (Red zone)

Zone résidentielle (Residential area)

Banc des entraîneurs (Coaches' bench)

Secteur de vote (Voting sector)

Quartier chaud (Hot neighborhood)

Stratégie défensive (Defensive strategy)

Quartier aménagé (Developed area)

Déconnecter (Zone out)

Mivezivezy / Tsy manana atao (Hang around / Do nothing)

Yin ta yawo (Hanging around)

Volta/regressa (Voltar/regressar) (Return)

Revenir/retourner (Come back/return)

Rentrer au pays (Return to the country)

Return in peace

Reviens après (Come back later)

Repeat for me

Zongo (Immigrant neighborhood)

Muslim quarter; northerner

Muslim community area (Muslim neighborhood)

Quartier populaire (Popular neighborhood)

Quartier populaire (Popular neighborhood)

Muslim community member (Islamic quarter resident)

Division territoriale (Zoning)

Confusión de zonificación (Zoning confusion)

قوانين التقسيم (Zoning laws)

Everything

Prison (Prison)

Zoo

Describes someone who is broke or has no money left. (Origin: Sudanese Arabic, lit. "fallen guy")

Zoom (Zoom)

Mkutano mtandaoni (Online meeting)

Zoom

Fatige Zoom (Zoom fatigue)

زوم فاتيق (Zoom fatigue)

Rezinyon Zoom (Zoom meeting)

Aanlyn vergadering (Online meeting)

Réunion Zoom (Zoom meeting)

Zoom university

زووم زومبي - زومبي زووم (Zoom zombie)

Zoom-koom (Millet water drink)

Ozordi (Today)

Wind instrument

Ou menm osi (You too)

Discount

Means flashy or show-off, often for someone dressing too extravagantly. Possibly onomatopoeic or from local dialect

Ville de l'Ouest montagneux (Western mountain city)

Style de musique ivoirienne et attitude rebelle (Ivorian music style and rebellious attitude)