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Backup

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 26, 2025 · 1 definition
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Backup/nakala ya hifadhi (Backup/storage copy)

"Backup ya data ni muhimu kwa usalama (Data backup is important for security)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 26, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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1 community definition
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Backup 🇩🇿 Algeria

Data backup

"Make backup"
Backup 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Kopi sekirite (Backup)

"Fer backup ou foto (Backup your photos)"

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

Tanzanian slang is rooted in Swahili, the national language, with vibrant Bongo Flava music culture adding fresh terms to everyday speech in Dar es Salaam.

KASINARY has 1747 Tanzania slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Backup" Across Africa

This word is also used in 15 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Backup 🇩🇿 Algeria

Data backup
Backup 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Kopi sekirite (Backup)
Backup 🇦🇴 Angola

Cópia de segurança (Security copy)
Backup 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Backup (Data backup)
Backup 🇹🇬 Togo

Sauvegarde (Backup)
Backup 🇪🇬 Egypt

باك أب - Backup
Backup 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Kugcina kabili (Saving twice)
Backup 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ባክአፕ/ባክአፕ (Backup) - backup
Backup 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Backup (Backup)
Backup 🇬🇭 Ghana

Data copy/Safety copy (Data protection)
Backup 🇰🇪 Kenya

Nakala (Backup)
Backup 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo

Sauvegarde (Backup)
Backup 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Data copy (Data copy)
Backup 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Kubika ibintu (To save things)
Backup 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

Kópia seguransa (Cópia segurança) (Backup)

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