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Kitenge

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Kitenge definition 1

Nguo ya kitamaduni (Traditional clothing)

"Kitenge ya Zanzibar ina michezo mizuri (Zanzibar kitenge has beautiful patterns)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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1 community definition
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Kitenge 🇰🇪 Kenya

Kitambaa (Fabric)

"Kitenge design (Kitenge design)"
Kitenge 🇺🇬 Uganda

Kitenge (African print fabric)

"Kitenge dress (Kitenge dress)"

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

Tanzanian slang is rooted in Swahili, the national language, with vibrant Bongo Flava music culture adding fresh terms to everyday speech in Dar es Salaam.

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🌍 "Kitenge" Across Africa

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

Kitenge 🇰🇪 Kenya

Kitambaa (Fabric)
Kitenge 🇺🇬 Uganda

Kitenge (African print fabric)
Kitenge 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Umwenda w'afurika (African fabric)

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