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Gym

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Gym definition 1

Indawo yokuzivocavoca (Exercise place)

"Hit the gym later? (Go to gym later?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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1 community definition
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Gym 🇩🇿 Algeria

Gym/fitness

"Going to gym daily"
Gym 🇺🇬 Uganda

Gym (Gym)

"Gym ya fitness (Fitness gym)"

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🌍 "Gym" Across Africa

This word is also used in 18 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Gym 🇩🇿 Algeria

Gym/fitness
Gym 🇺🇬 Uganda

Gym (Gym)
Gym 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Zim (Gym)
Gym 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Makan riyadha (Exercise place)
Gym 🇦🇴 Angola

Ginásio (Gym)
Gym 🇧🇼 Botswana

Gym (Exercise place)
Gym 🇧🇮 Burundi

Gym (Gym)
Gym 🇪🇬 Egypt

جيم - Gym
Gym 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Indawo yokuzivocavoca / Lapho kujinywa khona (Place to exercise / Where people train)
Gym 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ጂም/ጂም (Gym) - gymnasium
Gym 🇬🇭 Ghana

Fitness center/Exercise place (Workout place)
Gym 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Gym (Gymnasium)
Gym 🇰🇪 Kenya

Mazoezi (Gym)
Gym 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Sebaka sa boikoetliso / Gym (Exercise place / Gym)
Gym 🇱🇾 Libya

جيم (Gym)
Gym 🇳🇦 Namibia

Epangelo lyokusport (Exercise place)
Gym 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Aho bakora sport (Place to exercise)
gym 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Gym (Exercise place)

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