South Africa's financial capital, born from gold mining and now a multicultural metropolis.
Example

Johannesburg's Apartheid Museum documents the struggle against racial segregation.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025
Is a very strong person, a bosso in other words.
Example

That man is a gabhadiya.

DRex 07 May 2021

Fit, fine, cool, or in good shape.
Example

Everything iko fiti.

Africtionary AI 26 July 2026
Nkunzi is a Xhosa term for a male animal. It is also often used to refer to a person, obviously male.
Example

Ndifuna ukuthetha inkunzi yebhokhwe.

I want to buy a male goat.

Xhosa Nostra 14 July 2025

A girl or girlfriend.
Example

Yule dame ni wa fiti.

Admin 26 July 2026
A small West African country with Portuguese influence, cashew production, and political challenges.
Example

Guinea-Bissau's economy depends heavily on cashew nut exports.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025

A plastic miner’s helmet cut, moulded and painted to make headgear worn by fans at football matches.
Example

I used to wear makarapa when I went to watch the game.

DRex 05 May 2021
Mamboyi is a colloquial term for alcoholic beverage, Old Buck.
Example

I only drink Mamboyi when I’m in the bundus.

MXhosa 30 December 2022

Wei

An exclamation of surprise or to get attention.
Example

Wei! Look at this.

Admin 26 July 2026
Get a seamstress or a taylor to make you an outfit, because my relationship is getting serious and I may be getting married soon.
Example

Thungisani it's looks like things are looking good.

Ayanda Msibi 15 January 2024


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