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Mwana

🇺🇬 Uganda Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Mwana definition 1

Child

"Mwana wange (My child)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇺🇬 Uganda
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1 community definition
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August 2025

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Mwana 🇦🇴 Angola

From Kimbundu meaning “kid/child,” used informally to address a younger person.

"Eh, mwana, sai desse caminho! (Hey kid, get out of that road!)"
Mwana 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

Kriansa/filhu (Criança/filho) (Child/son)

"Mwana ta skola. (Child is at school.)"

🇺🇬 About Uganda Slang

Ugandan slang draws from Luganda, English, and Swahili, shaped by Kampala's vibrant youth culture and Afrobeats music scene.

KASINARY has 1867 Uganda slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Mwana" Across Africa

This word is also used in 9 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Mwana 🇦🇴 Angola

Child
Mwana 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

Kriansa/filhu (Criança/filho) (Child/son)
Mwana 🇧🇮 Burundi

Mwana (Child)
Mwana 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Enfant (Child)
Mwana 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Mtoto/kijana (Child/youth)
Mwana 🇨🇩 DR Congo

Enfant, jeune (Child, young person) - Lingala
Mwana 🇬🇦 Gabon

Enfant, gamin (Child, kid)
Mwana 🇰🇪 Kenya

Mtoto kwa Kikuyu (Child in Kikuyu)
Mwana 🇿🇲 Zambia

Child

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