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Makossa

🇨🇲 Cameroon Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Makossa (Popular music genre)

"We di dance makossa (We're dancing makossa)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇨🇲 Cameroon
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Makossa 🇧🇼 Botswana

Makossa (Cameroon dance)

"Cameroon makossa (Cameroon dance)"
Makossa 🇹🇬 Togo

Musique camerounaise (Cameroonian music)

"Makossa hã sɔ le afi sia. (Makossa is also popular here.)"

🇨🇲 About Cameroon Slang

Cameroonian slang bridges French and English with Camfranglais, a unique urban fusion language born in Yaoundé and Douala that mixes both official languages with local vernacular.

KASINARY has 1846 Cameroon slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Makossa" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Makossa 🇧🇼 Botswana

Makossa (Cameroon dance)
Makossa 🇹🇬 Togo

Musique camerounaise (Cameroonian music)
Makossa 🇬🇦 Gabon

Musique camerounaise très écoutée (Cameroonian music widely listened to)
Makossa 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Cameroonian-influenced music (Cameroonian-influenced music)

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