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okapana

okapana is the alternative form of kapana.

Meaning of kapana

Noun

kapana (countable and uncountable, plural kapanas)

  1. (Namibia, uncountable) barbecued meat, especially as street food.
  2. (Namibia, countable) A street food vendor.
    • In the Okakarara area in Namibia, relations between commercial food stores and the "kapanas," the traditional street vendors, seem to be good and they appear to act in a complementary fashion.2010, Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, page 236

Questions about okapana

What is okapana the alternative form of?
Okapana is the alternative form of kapana.

Words near okapana in the dictionary

  1. Okanogan
  2. Okanogan County
  3. okanoganite
  4. Okanogans
  5. okanye
  6. okapana
  7. okapi
  8. okapis
  9. okara
  10. Okarito brown kiwi
  11. Okarito brown kiwis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: okapana (page history and authors); kapana (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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