Meanings
proper noun
- A group of anti-British insurgents in colonial Kenya, active in the 1950's.
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.
2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower - gamesA card game for two or more players, similar to crazy eights.
Translations
Czech prší
- pršícard game
Dutch pesten
- pestencard game
German Mau-Mau
- Mau-Maucard game
Polish makao
- makaocard game
Portuguese Mau-Mau
- Mau-Maua group of anti-British insurgents in colonial Kenya
Ukrainian мака́о
- мака́о (makáo)card game
Cite this entry
APA
Mau Mau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mau%20Mau
MLA
“Mau Mau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mau%20Mau. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mau Mau,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mau%20Mau.
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