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Highlight

🇳🇬 Nigeria Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Glow makeup (Glow makeup)

"Di highlight dey pop (The highlight is popping)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

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🇳🇬 Nigeria
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1 community definition
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Highlight 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Fer briye (Highlight)

"Highlight cheekbones (Highlight cheekbones)"
Highlight 🇿🇦 South Africa

Verlig (Brighten features)

"Blinding highlight (Bright feature enhancement)"

🇳🇬 About Nigeria Slang

Nigeria has one of Africa's richest street-language traditions, blending Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, and Pidgin English into a constantly evolving slang vocabulary used by over 220 million people.

KASINARY has 1854 Nigeria slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Highlight" Across Africa

This word is also used in 6 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Highlight 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Fer briye (Highlight)
Highlight 🇿🇦 South Africa

Verlig (Brighten features)
Highlight 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Idha'at wajh (Face lighting)
Highlight 🇱🇾 Libya

هايلايت (Highlight)
Highlight 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo

Point fort (Highlight)
Highlight 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Gumurika mu maso (To brighten face)

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