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Definition of Manyattas
1. manyatta [n] - See also: manyatta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manyattas
Literary usage of Manyattas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Last of the Masai by Sidney Langford Hinde, Hildegarde Beatrice (Ginsburg) Hinde (1901)
"All manyattas occupied by the Masai they hold to be their property. The land is
named after the ... The manyattas are the property of the persons who ..."
2. In the Grip of the Nyika: Further Adventures in British East Africa by John Henry Patterson (1909)
"... XV THE MASAI DURING our journey through Laikipia we came across many Masai
manyattas and met a number of the proud and warlike people who dwell in them. ..."
3. African Camp Fires by Stewart Edward White (1913)
"The women build the manyattas; there is no cooking, no tilling of the soil, no
searching for wild fruits. The herds have to be watched by day and driven in ..."
4. The Rediscovered Country by Stewart Edward White (1915)
"Subsequent experience made us certain that these were at once spies on us to see
which way we would go and messengers to warn other manyattas to give us no ..."
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