variants
or Masai
plural Maasai or Maasais or Masai or Masais
1
: a member of a pastoral and hunting people of Kenya and Tanzania
2
: the Nilotic language of the Maasai people
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In addition to raising money for educational programs, McNelis has also helped organize food donations for Maasai families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vandana Pawa, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
Kenya's Maasai Mara Game Reserve -- one of Africa's greatest wildlife reserves -- has been left inundated in water, several luxury safari hotels left submerged following devastating floods.
—Emma Ogao, ABC News, 2 May 2024
For the Maasai, cows are sacred and considered members of their families.
—Lenny Rashid Ruvaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2024
These efforts, cited by Amnesty International and others, include the violent eviction of 70,000 Maasai from grazing lands in the Loliondo area to clear vast tracts of land for trophy hunting.
—Rodney Muhumuza, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
Word had already spread throughout the neighboring Maasai communities, and people were on their way back with baskets, bags, and pots.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
Now, the woman who was once happy to let her husband lead chases the adventures herself: Hot air balloon rides over the Maasai Mara in Kenya, zip lining through a St. Lucia rainforest, and meditating with a Buddhist monk in South Korea, among them.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
The Maasai and Samburu of Laikipia, Kenya believe standing on the peak of Ol Lentille Mountain brings you closer to God.
—Chloe Berge, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2024
Shared Parenting by Mark Boyd While hunting overnight at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, a pride of female lions hid their cubs in the bushes.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
Vandana Pawa, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
Kenya's Maasai Mara Game Reserve -- one of Africa's greatest wildlife reserves -- has been left inundated in water, several luxury safari hotels left submerged following devastating floods.
—Emma Ogao, ABC News, 2 May 2024
For the Maasai, cows are sacred and considered members of their families.
—Lenny Rashid Ruvaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2024
These efforts, cited by Amnesty International and others, include the violent eviction of 70,000 Maasai from grazing lands in the Loliondo area to clear vast tracts of land for trophy hunting.
—Rodney Muhumuza, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
Word had already spread throughout the neighboring Maasai communities, and people were on their way back with baskets, bags, and pots.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
Now, the woman who was once happy to let her husband lead chases the adventures herself: Hot air balloon rides over the Maasai Mara in Kenya, zip lining through a St. Lucia rainforest, and meditating with a Buddhist monk in South Korea, among them.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
The Maasai and Samburu of Laikipia, Kenya believe standing on the peak of Ol Lentille Mountain brings you closer to God.
—Chloe Berge, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2024
Shared Parenting by Mark Boyd While hunting overnight at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, a pride of female lions hid their cubs in the bushes.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
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“Maasai.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Maasai. Accessed 13 May. 2024.
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