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Definition of daladala noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

daladala

noun
 
/ˌdɑːləˈdɑːlə/
 
/ˌdɑːləˈdɑːlə/
 
East African English [dalaˈdala]
(East African English)
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  1. (in Tanzania) a privately owned road vehicle with seats for about twelve people that carries passengers and has a driver that you pay to take you somewhere, usually along a fixed route with other stops for people to get on and offTopics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Word OriginKiswahili, from a repetition (perhaps originally as a driver's call) of dala ‘dollar’, also the nickname of the Tanzanian five-shilling coin.
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