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Bana

🇲🇱 Mali Slang
Added Jul 16, 2025 · 6 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Bana definition 1

Children or young people (Origin: Bambara/Malian)

"All the bana are playing football"
by KASINARY Admin Elder · Jul 16, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Bana definition 2

Bana (Sickness - Dioula)

"Bana bè a la! (He is sick!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Bana definition 3

Bana (Children)

"Bana ba tshameka (The children are playing)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Bana definition 4

Enfants, jeunes (Children, youth)

"Bana bazali na libanda (The children are outside)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 09, 2025
DEFINITION 5

Bana definition 5

Enfants (Children)

"Tokolinga kozala na bana (We want to have children)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 09, 2025
DEFINITION 6

Bana definition 6

Rafiki / Kweli (Friend / Really)

"Bana umenishtua (Friend, you've shocked me)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇲🇱 Mali
Definitions
6 community definitions
Added
July 2025

↻ Similar Words

Bana 🇧🇼 Botswana

Bana (Children)

"Bana ba tshameka (The children are playing)"
Bana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Bana (Sickness - Dioula)

"Bana bè a la! (He is sick!)"

🇲🇱 About Mali Slang

Mali slang captures the everyday language, street expressions, and cultural vocabulary of its people.

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🌍 "Bana" Across Africa

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

Bana 🇧🇼 Botswana

Bana (Children)
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

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