Fouta

🇸🇳 Senegal Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition

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Fouta definition 1

Région du nord/personne du Fouta (Northern region/person from Fouta)

"Ki Fouta la, pulaar la koy wax (He's from Fouta, he speaks Pulaar)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country: 🇸🇳 Senegal
Definitions: 1 community definition
Added: April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Fouta 🇩🇿 Algeria

Traditional cloth

"Colorful fouta"

Fouta 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

Terra dos Fulas (Fula land)

"Sai di Fouta pa Bissau. (Left Fula land for Bissau.)"

🇸🇳 About Senegal Slang

Senegalese slang is built on Wolof, the lingua franca spoken by 80% of the population, blended with French to create a rich urban vocabulary in Dakar.

KASINARY has 141 Senegal slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Senegal slang (141 words)

🌍 "Fouta" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Fouta 🇩🇿 Algeria

Traditional cloth

Fouta 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

Terra dos Fulas (Fula land)

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