Skip to main content

Kura

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
TOP DEFINITION

Kura definition 1

Kura (Vote)

"Piga kura (Vote)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇰🇪 Kenya
Definitions
1 community definition
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Kura 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Kura (New - Dioula)

"So kura! (New house!)"
Kura 🇳🇪 Niger

Ƙura (Dust)

"Kura ta cika ko'ina (Dust is everywhere)"

🇰🇪 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.

Browse all Kenya slang (2011 words)

🌍 "Kura" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Kura 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Kura (New - Dioula)
Kura 🇳🇪 Niger

Ƙura (Dust)

🇰🇪 More Kenya Slang

General Kiongozi mkuu (Top leader) Juu Because (in Sheng usage, from literal “on/up”). Freshi Feeling great or in good spirits. Dozi Rafiki mkubwa (Close friend) Blunder To make a mistake (same as English but used often in Kenyan slang). Kaa Nyumba kwa Kipokot (Home in Pokot)
View all 2011 Kenya slang words

Related Kenya Slang Words

chafu 🇰🇪 Kenya

Dirty or morally wrong.

Ardhi ya shamba 🇰🇪 Kenya

Ardhi ya kilimo (Farm land)

Kurusha 🇰🇪 Kenya

Kufanya kitu (To do something)

Umebugia 🇰🇪 Kenya

You’ve messed up (from *bug*).

Trouser 🇰🇪 Kenya

Suruali (Trousers)

Chief's baraza 🇰🇪 Kenya

Mkutano wa chifu (Chief's meeting)

Registration 🇰🇪 Kenya

Kujiandikisha (Registration)

Inflation 🇰🇪 Kenya

Mfumuko wa bei (Inflation)

More from Khulekani Dladla

Bolingo

(Lingala) The word for 'love' in Lingala, a language spoken in D.R. Congo. It's often hear…
bira 🇿🇼

Umgidi (traditional ceremony)
Bridal shower 🇿🇼

Shower yemwenga (bridal shower)
Bachelor party 🇿🇼

Pati yevakomana (bachelor party)
Lobola negotiations 🇿🇼

Nhaurirano dzeroora (lobola negotiations)

Discussion (0 comments)

Be the first to share your thoughts on Kura.

Leave a Comment

Keep exploring African slang

Random Word Browse K 🇰🇪 Kenya Slang 🌍 All 54 Countries