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Compound

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Kompaundi (compound)

"Compound ine security (compound has security)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
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1 community definition
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April 2026

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Compound 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Used to refer to the enclosed housing compounds where many NGOs or expats live

"I'll meet you at the UN compound."
Compound 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Compound/yard (Compound)

"Sweep di compound. (Sweep the yard.)"

🇿🇼 About Zimbabwe Slang

Zimbabwean slang draws from Shona, Ndebele, and English, shaped by urban Harare youth culture and Zimdancehall music.

KASINARY has 964 Zimbabwe slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Compound" Across Africa

This word is also used in 9 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Compound 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Used to refer to the enclosed housing compounds where many NGOs or expats live
Compound 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Compound/yard (Compound)
Compound 🇪🇬 Egypt

كومپاوند - Compound
Compound 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Compound (Compound/yard)
Compound 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea

Complejo residencial de empresa (Company residential compound)
Compound 🇱🇷 Liberia

Family property/Yard (Compound)
Compound 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Shared residence (Shared residence)
Compound 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Ikigo (Complex)
Compound 🇿🇲 Zambia

Mining township

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