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Ngwana

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 1 definition
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Ngwana definition 1

Ngwana (Child)

"Ngwana o robetse (The child is sleeping)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Ngwana 🇿🇦 South Africa

Moratuwa, motho wa hao (Lover, your person)

"Ngwana wa ka o ntle (My girl is beautiful)"
mangwana 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Mangwana (Tomorrow)

"Ndichauya mangwana (I'll come tomorrow)"

🇧🇼 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.

Browse all Botswana slang (1824 words)

🌍 "Ngwana" Across Africa

This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

Ngwana 🇿🇦 South Africa

Moratuwa, motho wa hao (Lover, your person)

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