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Block

🇳🇬 Nigeria Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Block definition 1

Street or area (Neighborhood)

"Which block you from? (Which area are you from?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Block definition 2

Street or area (Street or area)

"Which block you dey? (Which block are you from?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

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🇳🇬 Nigeria
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Block 🇩🇿 Algeria

Block someone online

"I had to block him"
Block 🇺🇬 Uganda

Block (Block)

"Block number (Block number)"

🇳🇬 About Nigeria Slang

Nigeria has one of Africa's richest street-language traditions, blending Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, and Pidgin English into a constantly evolving slang vocabulary used by over 220 million people.

KASINARY has 1854 Nigeria slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Block" Across Africa

This word is also used in 21 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Block 🇩🇿 Algeria

Bloquear (To block)
Block 🇺🇬 Uganda

Block (Block)
Block 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Blok (Block)
Block 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Block (Block)
Block 🇦🇴 Angola

Bloquear (To block)
Block 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Block (Neighborhood block)
Block 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Block (To block online)
Block 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Bloquer (Block)
Block 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Kuzuia/kukataza (To block/prohibit)
Block 🇹🇬 Togo

Bloquer (Block)
Block 🇪🇬 Egypt

بلوك - حظر (Block)
Block 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Indawo (Area/block)
Block 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ብሎክ/አግድ (Block)
Block 🇬🇦 Gabon

Bloquer quelqu'un (To block someone)
Block 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Block (Block)
Block 🇱🇷 Liberia

Street section/Area (Block)
Block 🇱🇾 Libya

بلوك (Block / cut off)
Block 🇲🇬 Madagascar

Manakana / Bloquer
Block 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Bloquear (To block)
Block 🇬🇲 Gambia

Block naa ko (I blocked him/her)
Block 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Guhagarika umuntu kukugeraho (To stop someone from reaching you)

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