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Harmattan

🇨🇲 Cameroon Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Harmattan definition 1

Harmattan (Dry wind season)

"Harmattan don come (Harmattan has come)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Harmattan definition 2

Harmattan (Dry season wind)

"Harmattan don start (Dry season has started)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇨🇲 Cameroon
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2 community definitions
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Harmattan 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Harmattan (Dry season wind)

"Harmattan apporte poussière (Harmattan brings dust)"
Harmattan 🇲🇷 Mauritania

هرمتان، رياح صحراوية (Harmattan, desert wind)

"Lyoum harmattan qawi (Today the harmattan is strong)"

🇨🇲 About Cameroon Slang

Cameroonian slang bridges French and English with Camfranglais, a unique urban fusion language born in Yaoundé and Douala that mixes both official languages with local vernacular.

KASINARY has 1846 Cameroon slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Harmattan" Across Africa

This word is also used in 8 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Harmattan 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Harmattan (Dry season wind)
Harmattan 🇲🇷 Mauritania

هرمتان، رياح صحراوية (Harmattan, desert wind)
Harmattan 🇬🇭 Ghana

Dry dusty season (Dry season)
Harmattan 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire

Vent sec du Sahara (Dry Sahara wind)
Harmattan 🇱🇷 Liberia

Dry dusty wind (Harmattan)
Harmattan 🇬🇲 Gambia

Harmattan bi ñëw na (The harmattan wind has come)
Harmattan 🇳🇪 Niger

Hunturu (Harmattan)
Harmattan 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Dry dusty season (Dry dusty season)

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