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Nyani

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Nyani definition 1

Nyani/mtu mjinga (Monkey/foolish person)

"Nyani huyu hawaelewi lolote (This monkey doesn't understand anything)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Nyani 🇰🇪 Kenya

Nyani (Baboon)

"Nyani walioiba (The baboons who stole)"
Nyani 🇿🇲 Zambia

Baboon (ugly person)

"Uli ngati nyani (You're like a baboon)"

🇹🇿 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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🌍 "Nyani" Across Africa

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

Nyani 🇰🇪 Kenya

Nyani (Baboon)
Nyani 🇿🇲 Zambia

Baboon (ugly person)

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