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Boda boda

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Pikipiki za abiria (Passenger motorbikes)

"Boda boda zinapita barabara za udongo (Boda boda pass through dirt roads)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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Boda boda 🇺🇬 Uganda

Motorcycle taxi (common in Uganda, named for border-to-border quick transport).

Boda boda 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Mutoor bi itneen ajal (Two-wheel motorcycle)

"Boda boda asra'a min taxi (Boda boda is faster than taxi)"

🇹🇿 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.

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🌍 "Boda boda" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Boda boda 🇺🇬 Uganda

Motorcycle taxi
Boda boda 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Mutoor bi itneen ajal (Two-wheel motorcycle)
Boda boda 🇿🇲 Zambia

Motorcycle taxi

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