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Maasai

noun Maa·sai \ mä-ˈsī , ˈmä-ˌsī \
variants: or Masai

Definition of Maasai

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

Origin and Etymology of maasai

Maasai il-máásáì, a self-designation

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