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Definition of Meru in English: MerunounPlural Merus ˈmɛruː 1A member of a people of central Kenya. Example sentencesExamples - Top in the off-the-beaten track category for either wildlife or back to nature activities are - Kakamega Forest, Marsabit, Meru, Mount Kenya, Mount Elgon and Shimba Hills.
- Fourteen percent is Luhya, 13 percent is Luo, 12 percent is Kalenjin, 11 percent Kamba, 6 percent Kisii, and 6 percent Meru.
- Due to the area's social homogeneity, Paraiso is devoid of the kind of social conflict that prevented collective organizing in Meru, Kenya.
- Although Paraiso did not exhibit the type of social tensions found in Meru, Kenya, it was still important that I was not associated with any particular social group in the study area.
- Mount Meru stands at 4,575 m and is Africa's fourth highest mountain.
- After a short chapter illustrating the devastating and demoralizing effects of these policies on the Meru, the author closes with a somewhat brighter vision of the future.
2mass noun The Bantu language of the Meru, with over 1 million speakers. Example sentencesExamples - Meru is a local first language and one of the languages broadcast over the Voice of Kenya.
adjective ˈmɛruː Relating to the Meru or their language. Example sentencesExamples - The 23 who were admitted to the Meru district hospital had swollen feet and open wounds, Tambum said.
- Given the ethnic tensions in the area, however, my outsider status and association with a North American farm manager helped provide access to both Kikuyu and Meru fanners.
- In other respects, this area differs from the Meru district of Kenya.
- A revolt against British colonial rule in Kenya headed largely by the Kikuyu and Meru tribes.
- He then places them in motion with the European conquest and the alienation of Meru land and the piecemeal erosion of their rights, first by German and then by British imperial administrators.
- The Meru prison was designed to hold 500 prisoners, but currently has 1,400 people incarcerated.
- While khat chewing is still largely an affair of coastal Muslims and the Meru tribe in central Kenya, it appears to be gaining popularity among other Kenyans from inland tribes.
- The Meru study, like others, 17-19 suggests that in Kenya the community with its networks of health and church volunteers has the capacity to care for patients at home but lacks adequate resources.
- In 1988, the Mount Kenya Rescue Team discovered and retrieved an elder of the Meru people way up at the chilly heights of Peak Nelion.
Origin From the name of a town and district in central Kenya. |