Kikuyu

[ ki-koo-yoo ]

/ kɪˈku yu /

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

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.

Example sentences from the Web for kikuyu

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

Richard Dawkins: How I Write |Noah Charney |November 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Even her descriptive imagery, when describing landscapes, is Kikuyu.

Richard Dawkins: How I Write |Noah Charney |November 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
And in the lower levels of the forest we saw where the Kikuyu women had come up for firewood.

In Africa |John T. McCutcheon

The Kenia peak, however, remained wrapped in clouds during the two days of our stay on the eastern outskirts of the Kikuyu forest.

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

The Rogue Elephant |Elliott Whitney
On the 12th we reached the confines of the Kikuyu country, along which our further route to the Naivasha led.

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

The Rogue Elephant |Elliott Whitney

British Dictionary definitions for kikuyu

Kikuyu

/ (kɪˈkuːjuː) /

noun

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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Kikuyu

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

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British Dictionary definitions for kikuyu

noun