Masai

Masai
noun (plural Masai or Masais) Etymology: Masai il-máásáì, a self-designation Date: 1857 1. a member of a pastoral and hunting people of Kenya and Tanzania 2. the Nilotic language of the Masai people

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  • Masai — [mä sī′] n. 1. pl. Masai or Masais a member of a people of Kenya and Tanzania 2. the language of this people, belonging to the East Sudanic branch of the Chari Nile subfamily of the Nilo Saharan family …   English World dictionary

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