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Poverty

🇨🇲 Cameroon Slang
Added Aug 07, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Poverty definition 1

Poverty (Being poor)

"Fight poverty (Fight being poor)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 07, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Poverty definition 2

Buphuyanga (Poverty)

"Poverty ifuneka silwe nayo (We need to fight poverty)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇨🇲 Cameroon
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

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Poverty 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Buphuyanga (Poverty)

"Poverty ifuneka silwe nayo (We need to fight poverty)"
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"Invest dan property (Invest in property)"

🇨🇲 About Cameroon Slang

Cameroonian slang bridges French and English with Camfranglais, a unique urban fusion language born in Yaoundé and Douala that mixes both official languages with local vernacular.

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🌍 "Poverty" Across Africa

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Poverty 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Buphuyanga (Poverty)

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