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CV

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

CV definition 1

Curriculum Vitae

"Tuma CV yako (Send your CV)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

CV definition 2

Wasifu (Resume)

"Update CV yako (Update your CV)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇰🇪 Kenya
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

CV 🇩🇿 Algeria

Resume/curriculum vitae

"Send me your CV"
CV 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Kirikiloum vite (CV)

"Update ou CV (Update your CV)"

🇰🇪 About Kenya Slang

Kenyan slang is led by Sheng, a vibrant urban creole born in Nairobi's Eastlands that blends Swahili, English, and Kikuyu, spoken by millions of young Kenyans.

KASINARY has 2011 Kenya slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Kenya slang (2011 words)

🌍 "CV" Across Africa

This word is also used in 13 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

CV 🇩🇿 Algeria

Resume/curriculum vitae
CV 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Kirikiloum vite (CV)
CV 🇦🇴 Angola

Currículo vitae (Resume)
CV 🇨🇲 Cameroon

CV (Resume)
CV 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Liphepha lemisebenti (Work paper)
CV 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ሲቪ/የስራ ታሪክ (CV/resume)
CV 🇬🇭 Ghana

Resume/Work history document (Curriculum Vitae)
CV 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Nalane ea mosebetsi / Resume (Work history)
CV 🇱🇾 Libya

سي في (CV / resume)
CV 🇲🇬 Madagascar

Taratasin-kiasa / CV (Resume / CV)
CV 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo

Curriculum vitae (Resume)
CV 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Work experience document (Work experience document)
CV 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Inyandiko y'amashuri n'uburambe (Resume)

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