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Grand

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 5 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Grand definition 1

One thousand pula (often just “grand”)" ("Common money slang")

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Grand definition 2

Big/tall (French)

"Une grande maison (A big house)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 09, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Grand definition 3

Grand-parent (Grandparent)

"Mon grand raconte des histoires. (My grandpa tells stories.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Grand definition 4

Sekete / R1000 (Thousand / R1000)

"Ke hloka grand tse peli! (I need two thousand!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 5

Grand definition 5

Lehibe / Big

"C'est trop grand (It's too big)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇧🇼 Botswana
Definitions
5 community definitions
Added
July 2025

↻ Similar Words

Grand 🇹🇬 Togo

Grand-parent (Grandparent)

"Grand me raconte des histoires. (Grandparent tells me stories.)"
Grand 🇩🇯 Djibouti

Big/tall (French)

"Une grande maison (A big house)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

KASINARY has 1824 Botswana slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Grand" Across Africa

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

Grand 🇹🇬 Togo

Grand-parent (Grandparent)
Grand 🇩🇯 Djibouti

Big/tall (French)
Grand 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Sekete / R1000 (Thousand / R1000)

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