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Tanga

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Tanga/mji wa pwani (Tanga/coastal city)

"Tanga ni mji wa uvuvi (Tanga is fishing city)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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Tanga 🇬🇦 Gabon

Se promener (Stroll)

"On va tanga. (We're going to stroll.)"
Tlanga 🇿🇦 South Africa

Ku tlanga, ku cina (To dance, to party)

"Hi ta tlanga ku kondza ka vusiku (We'll dance until dawn)"

🇹🇿 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.

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This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

Tanga 🇬🇦 Gabon

Se promener (Stroll)

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