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Zanku

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Zanku definition 1

Zanku (Leg work dance)

"Zanku leg work (Nigerian dance)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Zanku definition 2

Another popular dance (Dance move)

"Teach me how to zanku (Teach me how to do the zanku dance)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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2 community definitions
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Zanku 🇬🇭 Ghana

Another popular dance (Dance move)

"Teach me how to zanku (Teach me how to do the zanku dance)"
Zanku 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Popular dance style (Dance move)

"You sabi dance zanku? (Can you dance zanku?)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

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🌍 "Zanku" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Zanku 🇬🇭 Ghana

Another popular dance (Dance move)
Zanku 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Popular dance style (Dance move)

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