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Mlango

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

Mlango/njia ya kuingia (Door/entrance)

"Mlango umefungwa kwa ufunguo (Door is locked with key)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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1 community definition
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August 2025

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Mlango

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