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Nov 27, 2009
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Ma•sai



Pronunciation: (mu-sī'), [key]
n.,
pl. -sais, (esp. collectively) -sai.

1. a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
2. the Nilotic language of the Masai. Also,Maasai.

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