Cairo

Egypt's sprawling capital on the Nile, home to ancient pyramids and modern urban life.


Cairo's Khan el-Khalili bazaar has been trading since the 14th century.



The yanos

A skrr skrr way of referring to amapiano.


Yo fam, I think I'm beginning to like the yanos.



Nyisa

Show you flames or to literally make you shit yourself.


Mjolo will nyisa you. 



Kiss Madolo

This is what educated people call "knock knees". When a person is standing and his/her knees (madolo) are touching (kissing).
It can also be called a kiss kiss.


He can't run because he has kiss madolo.



Nyoso

Nyoso means Nonsense


Her: Nasty C is better than A Reece
Him: yinyoso yelo (that's nonsense)



Oledi

Oledi is a slang term for mother.
It is basically another spelling for "old lady"


I would kill a nigga for oledi.



Mudhoto

Mudhoto is slang term meaning big booty or bigass. Mudhoto is famous in Zimbabwe.


My girlfriend has mudhoto



Mjondolo

Mjondolo is another term for informal settlements (mkhukhu).


There is an movement called Abahlali basemjondolo



Katlehong

Katlehong is a large township in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. It is 28 km south-east of Johannesburg and south of Germiston between two other townships of Thokoza and Vosloorus, next to the N3 highway. It forms part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.


I represent Katlehong till I die.



Magriza

Magriza is a slang term for grandmother.


I was raised by magriza.




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