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Recycle

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Herwin (Reuse materials)

"Remember to recycle (Remember to reuse materials)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Recycle 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Resikle (Recycle)

"Recycle plastik (Recycle plastic)"
Recycle 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Reuse materials (Recycle)

"Learn to recycle. (Learn to recycle.)"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

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🌍 "Recycle" Across Africa

This word is also used in 6 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Recycle 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Resikle (Recycle)
Recycle 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Reuse materials (Recycle)
Recycle 🇸🇸 South Sudan

I'adat tadwir (Re-cycling)
Recycle 🇬🇲 Gambia

Reduce, reuse, recycle (Environmental mantra)
Recycle 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Reuse materials (Reuse materials)
Recycle 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Gukoresha ibintu kabiri (To use things twice)

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