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Pwani

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Pwani definition 1

Pwani/mahali pazuri (Coast/beautiful place)

"Tuende pwani tukapumzike (Let's go to coast and rest)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Pwani definition 2

Pwani/ukingo wa bahari (Coast/ocean edge)

"Pwani ya Tanzania ni nzuri kwa utalii (Tanzania coast is good for tourism)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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