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Bao

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Bao definition 1

Mchezo wa kitamaduni (Traditional game)

"Bao ni mchezo unaofikisha akili (Bao is game that develops intelligence)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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Bao 🇰🇪 Kenya

Twenty shillings

"Bao haiwezi kutosha (Twenty shillings can't be enough)"
Bado 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Bado/haijafika (Still/not yet)

"Bado sijamwona tangu wiki jana (Still haven't seen him since last week)"

🇹🇿 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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This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

Bao 🇰🇪 Kenya

Twenty shillings

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