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Bana

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Bana (Children)

"Bana ba tshameka (The children are playing)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Bana 🇲🇱 Mali

Children or young people (Origin: Bambara/Malian)

"All the bana are playing football"
Bana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Bana (Sickness - Dioula)

"Bana bè a la! (He is sick!)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

KASINARY has 1824 Botswana slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Bana" Across Africa

This word is also used in 7 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Bana 🇲🇱 Mali

Children or young people (Origin: Bambara/Malian)
Bana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Bana (Sickness - Dioula)
Bana 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Kaka/ndugu (Bro/brother)
Bana 🇬🇦 Gabon

Enfants, jeunes (Children, youth)
Bana 🇰🇪 Kenya

Rafiki / Kweli (Friend / Really)
Bana 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo

Enfants, jeunes (Children, youth)
Bana 🇿🇲 Zambia

Girl or girlfriend

🇧🇼 More Botswana Slang

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View all 1824 Botswana slang words

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