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Movie

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
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Movie definition 1

Sinema (Movie)

"Tuende tuwatch movie (Let's go watch a movie)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Movie definition 2

Filamu (Movie)

"Movie mpya imetoka (A new movie is out)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇰🇪 Kenya
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Movie 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Movie (Movie/film)

"New movie don drop (New movie has been released)"
Movie 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Film (Movie)

"Watch movie tonight? (Watch a movie tonight?)"

🇰🇪 About Kenya Slang

Kenyan slang is led by Sheng, a vibrant urban creole born in Nairobi's Eastlands that blends Swahili, English, and Kikuyu, spoken by millions of young Kenyans.

KASINARY has 2011 Kenya slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Kenya slang (2011 words)

🌍 "Movie" Across Africa

This word is also used in 7 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Movie 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Movie (Movie/film)
Movie 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Film (Movie)
Movie 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Film/cinema (Film)
Movie 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Filamu/sinema (Movie/cinema)
Movie 🇸🇿 Eswatini

I-movie / Umbukiso (Movie / Show)
Movie 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ሙቪ/ፊልም (Movie)
Movie 🇱🇾 Libya

موفي (Movie / film)

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