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Change

🇳🇬 Nigeria Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 3 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Change definition 1

Small money (Loose cash)

"You get change? (Do you have small money?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Change definition 2

Transformation (Transformation)

"We want change now (We want change now)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 3

Change definition 3

Small money (Small money)

"Keep di change (Keep the change)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Definitions
3 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Change 🇩🇿 Algeria

Currency exchange

"Good change rate"
Change 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Ti kas (Change)

"Mon pa ganny change (I don't have change)"

🇳🇬 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.

Browse all Nigeria slang (1854 words)

🌍 "Change" Across Africa

This word is also used in 18 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Change 🇩🇿 Algeria

Currency exchange
Change 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Ti kas (Change)
Change 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Small money (Change/small money)
Change 🇿🇦 South Africa

Kleingeld (Small money)
Change 🇧🇯 Benin

Échange de monnaie (Currency exchange)
Change 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Change (Change/balance)
Change 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Pesa ya mabadiliko (Change money)
Change 🇹🇬 Togo

Échange d'argent (Money exchange)
Change 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Imali lesalayo (Remaining money)
Change 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ቼንጅ/ለውጥ (Change)
Change 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Chelete e setseng / Phetolo (Money left / Change)
Change 🇱🇷 Liberia

Small money/Coins (Small bills/Change)
Change 🇱🇾 Libya

شانج (Exchange / change)
Change 🇲🇱 Mali

Wari falenfalen, wari ɲɔgɔnma (Money exchange, money change)
Change 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo

Change, taux de change (Exchange, exchange rate)
Change 🇳🇪 Niger

Canji, sauyi (Change, exchange)
Change 🇿🇲 Zambia

Small money
change 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Change (Change/coins)

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