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Fasting

🇳🇬 Nigeria Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Fasting definition 1

Religious abstinence (Religious abstinence)

"Fasting and prayer season (Fasting and prayer season)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇳🇬 Nigeria
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Fasting 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Fasting (Religious fast)

"21 days fasting (21 days fast)"
Fasting 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ጾም/ጾም (Fasting)

"Fasting season (Fasting season)"

🇳🇬 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.

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🌍 "Fasting" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Fasting 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Fasting (Religious fast)
Fasting 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ጾም/ጾም (Fasting)
Fasting 🇬🇭 Ghana

No food for spiritual reasons (Religious abstinence)
Fasting 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho itima lijo / Not eating

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