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Thola

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Aug 02, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Thola definition 1

Find / get.

"Thola users early."
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Thola definition 2

Ho khutsoa / Ho bata (To be quiet / To be cold)

"Thola mfethu! (Be quiet friend!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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2 community definitions
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Thola 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho khutsoa / Ho bata (To be quiet / To be cold)

"Thola mfethu! (Be quiet friend!)"
Tlhola 🇧🇼 Botswana

Tlhola (Never/Always)

"Ga ke tlhola ke go lebala (I never forget you)"

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🌍 "Thola" Across Africa

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

Thola 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho khutsoa / Ho bata (To be quiet / To be cold)

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