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Moyo

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Moyo definition 1

Moyo/chombo cha damu (Heart/blood organ)

"Moyo wa mgonjwa unapiga haraka (Patient's heart beats fast)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Moyo definition 2

Moyo/sehemu ya kati ya mwili (Heart/middle body part)

"Moyo wangu unamisimka muziki (My heart gets excited by music)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
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2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Moyo 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Moyo (Heart/courage)

"Get moyo before you enter (Have courage before you enter)"
Moyo 🇬🇦 Gabon

Cœur, courage (Heart, courage)

"Il faut avoir le moyo pour réussir. (You need to have heart to succeed.)"

🇹🇿 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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🌍 "Moyo" Across Africa

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

Moyo 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Moyo (Heart/courage)
Moyo 🇬🇦 Gabon

Cœur, courage (Heart, courage)
Moyo

Cœur (Heart)
Moyo 🇿🇲 Zambia

Life

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