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Nyama

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 03, 2025 · 5 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Nyama definition 1

Meat

"Nyama choma (Grilled meat)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Nyama definition 2

La viande (Meat)

"Lo dè nyama na marché (Let's buy meat at the market)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 08, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Nyama definition 3

Animal (Animal)

"Nyama ezali na zamba (Animals are in the forest)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 09, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Nyama definition 4

Animal selvagem (Wild animal)

"Avistar nyama (Spot wild animal)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 5

Nyama definition 5

Nyama/mwili wa mnyama (Meat/animal flesh)

"Nyama ya ng'ombe ni ghali kushinda ya kuku (Beef is more expensive than chicken)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions
5 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Nyama 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Laham (Meat - Swahili)

"Nyama tamu (Sweet meat)"
Nyama 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

La viande (Meat)

"Lo dè nyama na marché (Let's buy meat at the market)"

🇹🇿 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.

KASINARY has 1747 Tanzania slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Nyama" Across Africa

This word is also used in 5 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Nyama 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Laham (Meat - Swahili)
Nyama 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

La viande (Meat)
Nyama 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo

Animal (Animal)
Nyama 🇿🇲 Zambia

Meat
Nyama 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Nyama (Meat)

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