Kikuyu

[ ki-koo-yoo ]

noun

, plural Ki·ku·yus, (especially collectively) Ki·ku·yu.

1. a member of an Indigenous people of Kenya having an agricultural economy and notable as being the originators of the Mau Mau.
2. the language of the Kikuyu, a Bantu language.
3. (usually lowercase) Also called kikuyu grass. a grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to southern Africa, sometimes used in warm climates for lawns or as pasturage.

Kikuyu

/ kɪˈkuːjuː /

noun

1. -yus-yu a member of a Negroid people of E Africa, living chiefly in Kenya on the high foothills around Mount Kenya
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

Example Sentences

Many residents of the area are Kikuyu farmers as well as Somali pastoralists.

From The Daily Beast

Epic saga of Kikuyu life, starting in the 19th century before the arrival of the British.

From The Daily Beast

Even her descriptive imagery, when describing landscapes, is Kikuyu.

From The Daily Beast

Bakari returned with a dozen Kikuyu hunters, who readily agreed to lead the party to elephants.

From Project Gutenberg

Jack learned how the thorn zareba was built, and Charlie visited the Kikuyu village with his camera.

From Project Gutenberg

So far they had not struck the mountain slopes, and the Kikuyu led them deeper into the great African forest.

From Project Gutenberg

But, strange as it may seem, the hyaena is worshipped by one very large tribe in East Africa, the Kikuyu.

From Project Gutenberg

It is hardly to be wondered at that the hyaenas in the "Kikuyu" country are far bolder than in other parts.

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