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Sound

🇿🇲 Zambia Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
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Sound definition 1

Music system

"Sound yabwino (Good sound system)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Sound definition 2

Sound system

"Sound ikubisa (The sound is loud)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇿🇲 Zambia
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Sound 🇩🇿 Algeria

Music/audio

"Turn up the sound"
Sound 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Son mizik (Sound)

"Sound i tro for (The sound is too loud)"

🇿🇲 About Zambia Slang

Zambian slang blends English with local languages like Bemba, Nyanja, and Tonga, shaped by the Copperbelt's unique working-class culture.

KASINARY has 1428 Zambia slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Sound" Across Africa

This word is also used in 8 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Sound 🇩🇿 Algeria

Music/audio
Sound 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Son mizik (Sound)
Sound 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Music/sound (Sound/music)
Sound 🇿🇦 South Africa

Klank sisteem (Sound system)
Sound 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Sot a'ali (Loud sound/music)
Sound 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Sauti/mlio (Sound/voice)
Sound 🇬🇲 Gambia

Sound bi neex na (The music is nice)
Sound 🇳🇪 Niger

Kiɗa, amo (Music, sound)

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