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Malaria

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Marariya (malaria)

"Malaria inowanikwa munzvimbo dzinopisa (malaria is found in hot areas)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
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Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Malaria 🇨🇲 Cameroon

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Malaria 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Humma (Fever disease)

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🇿🇼 About Zimbabwe Slang

Zimbabwean slang draws from Shona, Ndebele, and English, shaped by urban Harare youth culture and Zimdancehall music.

KASINARY has 964 Zimbabwe slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Malaria" Across Africa

This word is also used in 5 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Malaria 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Malaria (Fever sickness)
Malaria 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Humma (Fever disease)
Malaria 🇬🇭 Ghana

Common fever sickness (Mosquito illness)
Malaria 🇱🇷 Liberia

Mosquito sickness/Fever (Malaria)
Malaria 🇿🇲 Zambia

Fever disease

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