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Shut down

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Aug 10, 2025 · 1 definition
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Zima (Shut down)

"Shut down laptop (Shut down laptop)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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August 2025

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Shut down 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

End amazingly (Shut down)

"We shut down di place! (We shut down the place!)"
Shut down 🇳🇬 Nigeria

To dominate completely (To own)

"We shut down the show (We dominated the show)"

🇰🇪 About Kenya Slang

Kenyan slang is led by Sheng, a vibrant urban creole born in Nairobi's Eastlands that blends Swahili, English, and Kikuyu, spoken by millions of young Kenyans.

KASINARY has 2011 Kenya slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Kenya slang (2011 words)

🌍 "Shut down" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Shut down 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

End amazingly (Shut down)
Shut down 🇳🇬 Nigeria

To dominate completely (To own)

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