minibus
Americannoun
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minibuses
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of minibus
1840–50; mini- + bus 1; the 19th-century word, meaning “small carriage,” perhaps mini(mum) + (omni)bus
Example Sentences
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At that point, a train was heading through Buggenhout and ran into the minibus, she explained.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
More than 5,000km away a makeshift parade of 30 motorcycles and a minibus will be travelling through the Ghanaian village of Juaben.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Fabio Gutierrez, a 34-year-old minibus driver, spent over $1,000 to repair the damage caused to his engine by the substandard fuel.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Current regulations permit any teacher who is over 21 and has held a standard licence for more than two years to drive a minibus which holds up to 16 passengers.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Since we left the minibus on the outskirts of Aleppo, I’ve only seen a few shared taxis.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
A constant stream of minibuses and cars honk their horns on a potholed road that is surrounded by dilapidated buildings.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Taxis and minibuses zip past, taking the new arrivals to the airport in the nearest city, Van, a two-hour drive away on a highway between snowcapped mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
"Back then, people caught minibuses to Libya as casually as if they were travelling to another town in Egypt."
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
After one full season, a second home mortgage and multiple credit cards, White’s fleet has grown to 10 vehicles: minibuses, transit vans, trolleys, minivans, transporters.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
I hung out with them and got along with them, but most of them took minibuses to school from way out in the townships, from Soweto, from Tembisa, from Alexandra.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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