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Zongo

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Zongo definition 1

Zongo (Immigrant neighborhood)

"Il vit au zongo! (He lives in the immigrant quarter!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
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August 2025

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Zongo 🇹🇬 Togo

Muslim quarter; northerner

"Meyina zongo (I'm going to zongo)"
Zongo 🇧🇯 Benin

Quartier populaire (Popular neighborhood)

"Il habite au zongo (Il habite dans le quartier populaire/He lives in the popular area)"

🇧🇫 About Burkina Faso Slang

Burkina Faso slang captures the everyday language, street expressions, and cultural vocabulary of its people.

KASINARY has 1733 Burkina Faso slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Zongo" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Zongo 🇹🇬 Togo

Muslim quarter; northerner
Zongo 🇧🇯 Benin

Quartier populaire (Popular neighborhood)
Zongo 🇬🇦 Gabon

Quartier populaire (Popular neighborhood)
Zongo 🇬🇭 Ghana

Muslim community area (Muslim neighborhood)

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