Kikuyu
a member of an Indigenous people of Kenya having an agricultural economy and notable as being the originators of the Mau Mau.
the language of the Kikuyu, a Bantu language.
(usually lowercase)Also called kikuyu grass . a grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to southern Africa, sometimes used in warm climates for lawns or as pasturage.
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How to use Kikuyu in a sentence
Many residents of the area are Kikuyu farmers as well as Somali pastoralists.
Militants ‘Executed Non-Muslims’ at Kenyan World Cup Watch Party | Margot Kiser | June 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEpic saga of Kikuyu life, starting in the 19th century before the arrival of the British.
Even her descriptive imagery, when describing landscapes, is Kikuyu.
Bakari returned with a dozen Kikuyu hunters, who readily agreed to lead the party to elephants.
The Rogue Elephant | Elliott WhitneyJack learned how the thorn zareba was built, and Charlie visited the Kikuyu village with his camera.
The Rogue Elephant | Elliott Whitney
So far they had not struck the mountain slopes, and the Kikuyu led them deeper into the great African forest.
The Rogue Elephant | Elliott WhitneyBut, strange as it may seem, the hyaena is worshipped by one very large tribe in East Africa, the Kikuyu.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign | Robert Valentine DolbeyIt is hardly to be wondered at that the hyaenas in the "Kikuyu" country are far bolder than in other parts.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign | Robert Valentine Dolbey
British Dictionary definitions for Kikuyu
/ (kɪˈkuːjuː) /
plural -yus or -yu a member of a Negroid people of E Africa, living chiefly in Kenya on the high foothills around Mount Kenya
the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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