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Nama

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Nama (Meat)

"Batswana ba rata nama (Batswana love meat)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Nama 🇿🇦 South Africa

Meat (food focus).

"Load that braai with nama."
Nama 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ናማ/ሰው (Person/man - Oromo)

"Nama gaarii dha (He's a good person)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

KASINARY has 1824 Botswana slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Nama" Across Africa

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

Nama 🇿🇦 South Africa

Meat (food focus).
Nama 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ናማ/ሰው (Person/man - Oromo)

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