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Pula!

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 3 definitions
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Pula! definition 1

Pula! (Rain!/Currency/Blessing)

"Pula! Pula! (Response to good news or as a cheer)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Pula! definition 2

Pula (Rain/Blessing/Currency)

"Pula e a tla (Rain is coming/Blessing is coming)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Pula! definition 3

Pula / Mahlohonolo (Rain / Blessings)

"Pula e tla hoseng! (Rain is coming tomorrow!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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3 community definitions
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Pula 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Pula / Mahlohonolo (Rain / Blessings)

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Oula! 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Gran sirpriz (Big surprise)

"Oula! Mon pa ti atann sa! (Wow! I didn't expect that!)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

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Pula / Mahlohonolo (Rain / Blessings)

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