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Banyana banyana

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Banyana banyana [bəˈnjɑːnə bəˈnjɑːnə]
pl n
(Team Sports / Soccer) the South Africa women's national soccer team
[from Nguni banyana the girls]


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One day, I would like to be one of the Banyana Banyana," she said excitedly of her aspirations to join the national woman's soccer side.
Coined by a journalist on the spur of the moment when South Africa was readmitted to world football, the nickname has stuck so well that the women's team is known as Banyana Banyana (The Girls, The Girls).
 
 
 
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