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Jana

🇸🇸 South Sudan Slang
Added Aug 26, 2025 · 1 definition
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Jana definition 1

Embaarih (Yesterday - from Swahili)

"Jana kulikuwa sherehe (Yesterday there was a party)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 26, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇸🇸 South Sudan
Definitions
1 community definition
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Jana 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Yesterday

"Jana nilikuwa mjini (Yesterday I was in town)"
Jana 🇨🇩 DR Congo

Hier (Yesterday) - Swahili

"Nilikuja jana (I came yesterday)"

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🌍 "Jana" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Jana 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Yesterday
Jana 🇨🇩 DR Congo

Hier (Yesterday) - Swahili
Jana 🇰🇪 Kenya

Siku iliyopita (Yesterday)
Jana

Hier (Yesterday)

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