Maasai

[ mah-sahy, mah-sahy ]

noun

, plural Maa·sais, (especially collectively) Maa·sai.

1. Masai.

Example Sentences

South Africans aren't the only ones voting, in Kenya women from the Maasai community, who are members of Keekonyokie Community Trust, line up to elect a new leader on the outskirts of the capital Nairobi on Friday.

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Lipaso Legei, who was wearing a traditional Maasai outfit at the hearing, testified that he was lucky to be alive after being attacked by a lion that came closer to human settlements after the fire had destroyed its natural habitat.

From BBC

Tourists and staff are being evacuated from Kenya's popular Maasai Mara game reserve after floods left parts of it submerged.

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"After several days of continuous rainfall, our rivers have swollen, impacting several camps and areas in the Maasai Mara National Reserve," the local Narok county government said in a statement.

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Some of the problems can be traced back to the origins of Nairobi - meaning a "place of cool waters" in the Maasai language - and the fact that it was not considered a suitable place for large numbers of people to live in.

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