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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The irony is that those savannah lands only look like that because they’ve been grazed by the Maasai’s cattle for thousands of years.
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Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 11 July 2024
Her tall, statuette frame prompted guesses about whether Gore was Maasai, an ethnic group from Kenya's northern, central and southern regions.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2024
In addition to raising money for educational programs, McNelis has also helped organize food donations for Maasai families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—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
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Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 11 July 2024
Her tall, statuette frame prompted guesses about whether Gore was Maasai, an ethnic group from Kenya's northern, central and southern regions.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2024
In addition to raising money for educational programs, McNelis has also helped organize food donations for Maasai families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—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
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“Maasai.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Maasai. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
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