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Kanu

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Kanu definition 1

Kanu (Love - Dioula)

"N b'i kanu! (I love you!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Kanu definition 2

Amor em Mandinka (Love in Mandinka)

"Ten kanu grandi. (Have big love.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
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2 community definitions
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August 2025

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Kanu 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

Amor em Mandinka (Love in Mandinka)

"Ten kanu grandi. (Have big love.)"
Kanzu 🇺🇬 Uganda

Kanzu (Traditional robe for men)

"Kanzu ya white (White kanzu)"

🇧🇫 About Burkina Faso Slang

Burkina Faso slang captures the everyday language, street expressions, and cultural vocabulary of its people.

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Kanu 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

Amor em Mandinka (Love in Mandinka)

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