/ mæˈtætuː; NAmE / noun
(in Kenya) a small bus used as a taxi
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WORD ORIGIN
Swahili , short for mapeni matatu thirty cents, a flat fare charged in the early 1960s.
/ mæˈtætuː; NAmE / noun
(in Kenya) a small bus used as a taxi
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WORD ORIGIN
Swahili , short for mapeni matatu thirty cents, a flat fare charged in the early 1960s.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005