Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a chiefly pastoral people of Kenya and parts of Tanzania.
- noun The Nilotic language of this people.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A Nilotic language.
- proper noun An African tribe inhabiting parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
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- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Maasai .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Nilotic language
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Examples
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JOHN OLE TOME, MASAI CULTURAL AMBASSADOR: If you go to the villages, don't give the Masai chewing gum or cigarette, because it's destroying our culture.
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[1636] As the Masai (Hollis, _The Masai_, p. 324).
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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Folklore_, xx, 57); cf. the Masai _n'gai_, 'the unknown, incomprehensible' (Hinde, _The Last of the Masai_, p. 99), connected with storms and the telegraph.
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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Predator Aware, a group that works towards conservation of predators, is also reporting some dire situations in Masai Mara wildlands and Siana ranches in the southern part of Kenya.
Global Voices in English » Kenya: Devastating Drought Worsens Human-Wildlife Conflict 2009
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If you must include an African, make sure you get one in Masai or Zulu or Dogon dress.
so very apt jen 2007
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If you must include an African, make sure you get one in Masai or Zulu or Dogon dress.
Archive 2007-11-01 jen 2007
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Its western summit is called the Masai “Ngàje Ngài,” the House of God.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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Its western summit is called the Masai “Ngàje Ngài,” the House of God.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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Its western summit is called the Masai “Ngàje Ngài,” the House of God.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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Its western summit is called the Masai “Ngaje Ngai,” the House of God.
Water Witches Chris Bohjalian 1995
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