laduma

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interjection

goal! (cheer when a goal is scored in football)

OriginZulu laduma →
Scrabble 9
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Meanings

interjection
  1. South Africagoal! (cheer when a goal is scored in football)

    Soccer advertisements celebrated the new nation — "When all the colours and textures of soccer come together — Laduma! Let's celebrate good times! Come on!"

    2010, Anne Kelk Mager, Beer, Sociability, and Masculinity in South Africa, page 59

Origin

  1. Zululaduma
  2. Englishladuma

From Zulu laduma, literally "it thunders".

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

mulada
Cite this entry
APA

laduma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laduma

MLA

“laduma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laduma. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laduma,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laduma.

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