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Pilau

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 03, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Pilau definition 1

Spiced rice

"Pilau ya sherehe (Celebration pilau)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Pilau definition 2

Pilau/wali wa spices (Spiced rice)

"Pilau ya Zanzibar ni nzuri kuliko mengine (Zanzibar pilau is better than others)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Pilau 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Ruz bi laham (Spiced rice with meat)

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Pilau 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Umuceri w'ibirungo (Spiced rice)

"Pilau special. (Special pilau.)"

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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.

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🌍 "Pilau" Across Africa

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

Pilau 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Ruz bi laham (Spiced rice with meat)
Pilau 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Umuceri w'ibirungo (Spiced rice)

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