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Matatu

🇸🇸 South Sudan Slang
Added Aug 26, 2025 · 1 definition
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Matatu definition 1

Bus saghir (Small bus - from Kenya)

"Matatu maliyan (The matatu is full)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 26, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇸🇸 South Sudan
Definitions
1 community definition
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Matatu 🇺🇬 Uganda

Minibus taxi

"Twali mu matatu (We were in a taxi)"
Matatu 🇿🇲 Zambia

Minibus taxi

"Catch matatu (Catch minibus)"

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🌍 "Matatu" Across Africa

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

Matatu 🇺🇬 Uganda

Minibus taxi
Matatu 🇿🇲 Zambia

Minibus taxi

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