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spaza

/ˈspɑːzə/

spaza noun: an informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and remote areas.

spaza: an informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and remote areas
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Noun

spaza (plural spazas)

  1. (South Africa) An informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and remote areas.
    • I walk briskly away from the howling child and the burly cop and the snickering shoppie. And into the first spaza I can find, for a Ghost.2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 105
    • The study found that spazas predominantly source their supplies from large wholesalers such as Macro, Metro and Cash and Carry.2011, Dan Banik, The Legal Empowerment Agenda, page 59

Forms of spaza

pluralspazas

Questions about spaza

What does spaza mean?
Spaza means an informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and remote areas.
What part of speech is spaza?
Spaza is a noun.
How do you pronounce spaza?
Spaza is pronounced /ˈspɑːzə/.
What is the plural of spaza?
The plural of spaza is spazas.

Words near spaza in the dictionary

  1. spays
  2. spaz
  3. spaz attack
  4. spaz attacks
  5. spaz out
  6. spaza
  7. spazas
  8. spazm
  9. spazmo
  10. spazmos
  11. spazz

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