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Foundation

🇪🇹 Ethiopia Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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መሰረት/መሰረት (Meseret) - foundation

"Strong meseret (Strong foundation)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇪🇹 Ethiopia
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April 2026

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Foundation 🇨🇲 Cameroon

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Foundation 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Fondasyon (Foundation)

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🇪🇹 About Ethiopia Slang

Ethiopian slang spans Amharic, Oromo, and Tigrinya, with Addis Abeba youth culture driving a mix of traditional expressions and modern street language.

KASINARY has 1778 Ethiopia slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Foundation" Across Africa

This word is also used in 7 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Foundation 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Foundation (Makeup base)
Foundation 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Fondasyon (Foundation)
Foundation 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Base (Foundation)
Foundation 🇱🇾 Libya

فاونديشن (Foundation)
Foundation 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Base makeup (Base makeup)
Foundation 🇿🇲 Zambia

Building base
Foundation 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Nheyo (foundation)

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