Okada

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A motorcycle taxi. Nigeria

    "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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Japanese.

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 岡田 (Okada).

Etymology 2

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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