Kikuyu

(redirected from Kikuyus)
Also found in: Encyclopedia.

Ki·ku·yu

(kĭ-ko͞o′yo͞o) also Gi·ku·yu (gĭ-ko͞o′yo͞o)

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.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Kikuyu

(kɪˈkuːjuː)

npl -yus or -yu

1. (Peoples) a member of a Negroid people of E Africa, living chiefly in Kenya on the high foothills around Mount Kenya

2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Ki•ku•yu

(kɪˈku yu)

n., pl. -yus, (esp. collectively) -yu.

1. a member of an African people or group of peoples mainly of the E and S of Mount Kenya in S central Kenya.

2. the Bantu language of the Kikuyu.

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

"[Uhuru and I] don't talk about Luos and Kikuyus, we speak about all Kenyans.

Unity and stability remain top handshake goals, says Raila

On one side of the rutted bridge is a community of ethnic Kikuyus, the tribe of incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta, 55.

As Kenya elections draw near, country reveals an electorate divided by tribe

Leaders from the dominant ethnic groups, the Kikuyus and the Luos (these still are the biggest and 'worst' political adversaries) formed the first national political party, Kenya African National Union (KANU) in 1960.

El discurso etnico del odio se difundio por las redes. Analisis de las discusiones politicas en las redes sociales durante las elecciones generales de 2013 en Kenia.

"Owing to this strategy's success during the 2005 referendum, it is the party's position that it should be utilised once more for the general election," the document says, adding: "There is an overwhelming feeling among the non-GEMA (Gikuyu, Embu and Meru Association) communities that the Kikuyus are selfish bigots dedicated to a tribal hegemony and will never share the spoils of government with other communities."

Kenya: what went wrong

Gunmen killed opposition legislator Mugabe Were, and slums where a tense peace had held for days exploded with machete-wielding gangs setting fire to homes and businesses owned by Kikuyus.

INTERNATIONAL: Kenya is now seeing ethnic cleansing, says envoy

And in the city of Naivasha army helicopters divebombed a mob of 600 Kikuyus who were trying to attack rival Luos.

CUT AND CUT TIL HIS HEAD IS OFF; Mob behead doctor in new Kenya violence

Kikuyus were the main victims in the initial violence, with hundreds killed and more than half of driven from their homes.

Death toll in Kenya nears 800 as country suffers a month of violence

Kikuyus were the main victims in the initial eruption of violence, with hundreds killed and more than half of those driven from their homes belonging to Mr Kibaki's tribe.

800 dead in Kenyan ethnic violence Prisoners

The rioters overpowered guards at the church, where hundreds of Kikuyus were cowering, then used petrol to torch the building.

50 BURNT TO DEATH IN KENYAN CHURCH; Election rioters kill kids

Anne Njoki, a 28-year-old Kikuyu, said she fled her home in the slums after she saw Kikuyus being attacked and their homes looted.