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Star

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Nyota/mtu maarufu (Star/famous person)

"Star wa filamu amekuja kuona mamake (Movie star came to see his mother)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Star 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Star (Celebrity)

"She don become star (She has become a star)"
Star 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Vedett, popiler (Celebrity, popular)

"Li en star dan son kartye (He's a star in his neighborhood)"

🇹🇿 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.

KASINARY has 1747 Tanzania slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Tanzania slang (1747 words)

🌍 "Star" Across Africa

This word is also used in 10 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Star 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Star (Celebrity)
Star 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Vedett, popiler (Celebrity, popular)
Star 🇹🇬 Togo

Célébrité (Star)
Star 🇪🇬 Egypt

ستار - Star
Star 🇬🇦 Gabon

Célébrité, vedette (Celebrity, star)
Star 🇬🇲 Gambia

Mu ngi nekk star (He/she is becoming a star)
Star 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Star (Star)
Star 🇱🇾 Libya

ستار (Star / celebrity)
Star 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Estrela, pessoa popular (Star, popular person)
Star 🇳🇪 Niger

Tauraro, mashahurin mutum (Star, famous person)

🇹🇿 More Tanzania Slang

Kinywa moto Mdomo unaouma (Hot mouth) Nyekundu Rangi nyekundu (Red color) Mwaminifu Mtu wa kuaminiwa (Trustworthy person) Mnunuzi Mnunuzi/mtu ananunua (Buyer/person who buys) Post Kuchapisha/kutuma (To post/send) Career Career/maendeleo ya kazi (Career/work development)
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Lit. “hit a look.” In slang it means to dress up sharply (show off your style).

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“Story is finished,” meaning end of discussion or that settles it.

Walima 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Walima/karamu ya harusi (Wedding feast)

Mlima 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Mlima/kitu kikubwa (Mountain/something big)

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