Maasai

noun

Maa·sai | \ mä-ˈsī

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, ˈmä-ˌsī\

variants: or Masai

plural Maasai or Maasais or Masai or Masais

Definition of Maasai

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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The first known use of Maasai was in 1857

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