minibus
Americannoun
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minibuses
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of minibus
1840–50; mini- + bus 1; the 19th-century word, meaning “small carriage,” perhaps mini(mum) + (omni)bus
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In one video widely shared on social media recently, a passenger on a minibus is seen angrily confronting a pastor attempting to board.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Images from the scene showed the minibus lying on its side in Buggenhout, a small town near Aalst, to the north-west of the Belgian capital Brussels.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
At the same time an open-top bus rolls through Birmingham with Unai Emery's Europa League-winning side on board, a minibus full of Aston Villa fans will be cruising through a village in Ghana to celebrate.
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
We start off with this whole debate about whether or not the minibus that takes the mathletes to the big tournament in Denver has Wi-Fi or not.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
It has 13 minibuses operating across three zones and first launched in 2023.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Biddle said the charity was finding it is "increasingly expensive" to fill up their fleet of minibuses.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
On the seventh day, all the remaining hostages were transferred from their planes onto minibuses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 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
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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