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Sawa

🇨🇲 Cameroon Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Sawa (Coastal people)

"Sawa people sabi swim (Coastal people know how to swim)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇨🇲 Cameroon
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1 community definition
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August 2025

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Sawa 🇰🇪 Kenya

Okay or fine in Kenyan <a href="/word/slang" class="internal-link" title="View definition of Slang">slang</a>

"We meet at 3pm sawa I'll be there"
Sawa 🇧🇮 Burundi

Sawa (Okay/fine - from Swahili)

"Sawa, tuzokora (Okay, we'll do it)"

🇨🇲 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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🌍 "Sawa" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Sawa 🇰🇪 Kenya

Okay or fine in Kenyan <a href="/word/slang" class="internal-link" title="View definition of Slang">slang</a>
Sawa 🇧🇮 Burundi

Sawa (Okay/fine - from Swahili)
Sawa 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Sawa/nzuri (Okay/good)
Sawa 🇨🇩 DR Congo

D'accord, OK (Okay, alright) - Swahili

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