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Gap year

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Tussenjaar (Break year)

"Taking a gap year (Taking a break year)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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April 2026

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Gap year 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Année sabbatique (Gap year)

"Je prends un gap year (I'm taking a gap year)"
Gap year 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Umnyaka wekuphumula (Rest year)

"Gap year traveling (Gap year traveling)"

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🌍 "Gap year" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Gap year 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Année sabbatique (Gap year)
Gap year 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Umnyaka wekuphumula (Rest year)
Gap year 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ጋፕ ይር/የእረፍት አመት (Gap year)

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