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Mandazi

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

Mkate wa tamu (Sweet bread)

"Mandazi za maziva zinakaliwa na chai (Oil mandazi are eaten with tea)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Mandazi 🇺🇬 Uganda

Mandazi (Fried dough)

"Mandazi ne tea (Mandazi and tea)"
Mandazi 🇰🇪 Kenya

Kitumbua cha kusukuma (Fried dough)

"Mandazi na chai (Mandazi with tea)"

🇹🇿 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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🌍 "Mandazi" Across Africa

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

Mandazi 🇺🇬 Uganda

Mandazi (Fried dough)
Mandazi 🇰🇪 Kenya

Kitumbua cha kusukuma (Fried dough)
Mandazi 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Halawa maqli (Fried sweet)
Mandazi 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Amandazi ya Kiswahili (Swahili donuts)

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