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- noun Plural form of
matatu .
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Examples
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The vans are called matatus and they transport passengers like ambulances racing for the emergency room.
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The minibuses, known as matatus, are the main form of public transportation in Kenya.
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He introduced free primary education, paved rutted roads, and reined in the minibus taxis, known as matatus, that once careered around the city belching black fumes and bilking passengers.
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The minibuses, known as matatus, are the main form of public transportation in Kenya.
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Cars meandered across lanes and roundabouts, dodging potholes, bicycles, and pedestrians, while rickety jitneys-called matatus, I was told-stopped without any warning to cram on more passengers.
Dreams From My Father Obama, Barack 1995
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Kenyan commuters have poured on to the streets from dawn to walk to work for a second day, as a strike by operators of minibuses known as matatus continues.
WN.com - Articles related to American mom, baby killed by elephant in Kenya 2010
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A number of the city's ramshackle minibus-taxis, called matatus, bear his likeness and one that we pass broken down by the side of the road simply has "Yes We Can" forlornly painted along its sides.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By PAUL CHAI 2010
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Kenyan commuters have poured on to the streets from dawn to walk to work for a second day, as a strike by operators of minibuses known as matatus continues.
WN.com - Articles related to American mom, baby killed by elephant in Kenya 2010
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The vans which are used for public transit in Kenya are called matatus, and you see them everywhere.
Lake Neuron 2009
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About 70 per cent of the minibuses - called matatus - used by Kenyan commuters are off the roads because of the protest.
unknown title 2009
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