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Meaning of Mau Mau | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A group of anti-British insurgents in colonial Kenya, active in the 1950's.
  2. A card game for two or more players, similar to crazy eights.

Equivalents

Bosanski Makao prsi
Čeština prší
Deutsch Mau-Mau
Hrvatski Makao prsi
Nederlands pesten
Polski makao
Português Mau-Mau
Српски Makao prsi

Examples

“Just as it is sometimes impossible to find a Briton who voted for Margaret Thatcher, and every Frenchman’s father appears to have been in the Resistance, every Kikuyu seems to have had a father who fought valiantly for Mau Mau.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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