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Momo

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Aug 02, 2025 · 3 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Momo definition 1

Mom / maternal figure (affectionate).

"Call momo and check in."
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Momo definition 2

Mobile money

"I go momo the money give you"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Momo definition 3

Mobile money (Mobile money transfer)

"Send the money through momo (Send the money through mobile money)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇿🇦 South Africa
Definitions
3 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Momo 🇬🇭 Ghana

Mobile money

"I go momo the money give you"
MoMo 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Mobile Money (Mobile Money)

"Send kuri MoMo. (Send via MoMo.)"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

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🌍 "Momo" Across Africa

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

Momo 🇬🇭 Ghana

Mobile money
MoMo 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Mobile Money (Mobile Money)

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