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Kikuyu

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Ki·ku·yu  (k-ky) also Gi·ku·yu (g-ky)
n. pl. Kikuyu or Ki·ku·yus also Gikuyu or Gi·ku·yus
1. A member of a people of central and southern Kenya.
2. The Bantu language of the Kikuyu.

Kikuyu [kɪˈkuːjuː]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -yus, -yu a member of a Negroid people of E Africa, living chiefly in Kenya on the high foothills around Mount Kenya
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family


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