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Sambusa

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Sambusa definition 1

Sambusa/chakula (Samosa/food)

"Nimekula sambusa za nyama (I ate meat samosas)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Sambusa 🇧🇮 Burundi

Sambusa (Samosa)

"Sambusa z'inyama (Meat samosas)"
Sambusa 🇩🇯 Djibouti

Samosa (Somali/Arabic) - fried pastry

"Sambusa kulul (Hot samosa)"

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

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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🌍 "Sambusa" Across Africa

This word is also used in 5 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Sambusa 🇧🇮 Burundi

Sambusa (Samosa)
Sambusa 🇩🇯 Djibouti

Samosa (Somali/Arabic) - fried pastry
Sambusa 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ሳምቡሳ/ሳምቡሳ (Sambusa)
Sambusa

Samoussa comorien (Comorian samosa)
Sambusa 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Ibiryo by'abasilamu (Muslim food)

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