okada

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noun

A motorcycle taxi.

OriginJapanese 岡田 →
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Meanings

okada1

nounokada (plural okadas)

plural okadas

  1. NigeriaA motorcycle taxi.

    By the glittering blue lagoon, I stood next to the main ring road to flag down a motorcycle taxi, or okada. Okadas are the scourge of Nigeria's roads.

    2012, Noo Saro-Wiwa, Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria, page 34

Okada2

proper nounOkada (plural Okadas)

plural Okadas

  1. A surname from Japanese.

Origin

okada · noun

1990s, from the now defunct Nigerian airline, Okada Air, nicknamed so because they could manoeuvre through the heavy traffic of Lagos and take passengers to their destinations in a timely manner, in the same way as the airline. Originates from the Ẹ̀dó town of Okada.

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Okada · proper noun

  1. Japanese岡田
  2. EnglishOkada

Borrowed from Japanese 岡田 (Okada).

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Translations

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APA

okada. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/okada

MLA

“okada.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/okada. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “okada,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/okada.

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