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Boda boda

🇺🇬 Uganda Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 3 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Boda boda definition 1

Motorcycle taxi

"Yita boda (Call a boda)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Boda boda definition 2

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

by KASINARY Admin Elder · Jul 17, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Boda boda definition 3

Boda boda (Motorcycle taxi)

"Boda boda ya stage (Stage motorcycle taxi)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇺🇬 Uganda
Definitions
3 community definitions
Added
July 2025

↻ Similar Words

Boda boda 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Mutoor bi itneen ajal (Two-wheel motorcycle)

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

Pikipiki za abiria (Passenger motorbikes)

"Boda boda zinapita barabara za udongo (Boda boda pass through dirt roads)"

🇺🇬 About Uganda Slang

Ugandan slang draws from Luganda, English, and Swahili, shaped by Kampala's vibrant youth culture and Afrobeats music scene.

KASINARY has 1867 Uganda slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Boda boda" Across Africa

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

Boda boda 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Mutoor bi itneen ajal (Two-wheel motorcycle)
Boda boda 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Pikipiki za abiria (Passenger motorbikes)
Boda boda 🇿🇲 Zambia

Motorcycle taxi

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