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Jua

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 03, 2025 · 6 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Jua definition 1

Know

"Najua (I know)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Jua definition 2

Sun

"Jua kali (Hot sun)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Jua definition 3

Soleil (Sun)

"Ngakwenda madrasa tangu utoto - I've attended madrasa since childhood"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 09, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Jua definition 4

Jua/kitu kizuri (Sun/something good)

"Siku hii ni jua kwangu (This day is sun for me)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 5

Jua definition 5

Jua kali/joto (Strong sun/heat)

"Jua kali la mchana limeanzia (Strong afternoon sun has started)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 6

Jua definition 6

Jua/mwanga wa angani (Sun/sky light)

"Jua kali la Dodoma linauguza nguo haraka (Strong Dodoma sun dries clothes quickly)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions
6 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Jua

Soleil (Sun)

"Ngakwenda madrasa tangu utoto - I've attended madrasa since childhood"
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Juba (From Juba)

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Jua

Soleil (Sun)

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