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Maasai

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmɑːsaɪ/

1

name

Meaning 1

An Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of an indigenous people in Kenya and Tanzania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: maasai — language
  • Hungarian: maszai — language
  • Maasai: ɔl Maa — language
  • Portuguese: massai — language
  • Russian: масайский (masajskij) — language
  • Swahili: Kimasai — language
  • Swedish: maa — language
  • Swedish: massaj — language
  • Finnish: maasait — group of people
  • German: Massai — group of people
  • Hungarian: maszai — group of people
  • Hungarian: maszáj — group of people
  • Maasai: ɨl-Máásâɨ̂ — group of people
  • Portuguese: massai — group of people
  • Russian: масаи (masai) — group of people
  • Swahili: Wamasai — group of people