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Kitenge

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Aug 10, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Kitenge definition 1

Kitambaa (Fabric)

"Kitenge design (Kitenge design)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Kitenge definition 2

Tecido africano estampado (African printed fabric)

"Comprar kitenge no mercado (Buy kitenge at market)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇰🇪 Kenya
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Kitenge 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Nguo ya kitamaduni (Traditional clothing)

"Kitenge ya Zanzibar ina michezo mizuri (Zanzibar kitenge has beautiful patterns)"
Kitenge 🇺🇬 Uganda

Kitenge (African print fabric)

"Kitenge dress (Kitenge dress)"

🇰🇪 About Kenya Slang

Kenyan slang is led by Sheng, a vibrant urban creole born in Nairobi's Eastlands that blends Swahili, English, and Kikuyu, spoken by millions of young Kenyans.

KASINARY has 2011 Kenya slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Kitenge" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Kitenge 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Nguo ya kitamaduni (Traditional clothing)
Kitenge 🇺🇬 Uganda

Kitenge (African print fabric)
Kitenge 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Umwenda w'afurika (African fabric)

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