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Viatu

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Viatu definition 1

Viatu/kitu cha miguu (Shoes/foot things)

"Viatu vya sport ni mazuri kwa michezo (Sports shoes are good for games)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions
1 community definition
Added
August 2025

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Viatu 🇰🇪 Kenya

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🇹🇿 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.

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Viatu 🇰🇪 Kenya

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