okada
okada noun: a motorcycle taxi.
Noun
okada (plural okadas)
- A 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
Proper noun capitalized: Okada
Okada (plural Okadas)
- A surname from Japanese.
Forms of okada
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | okadas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Okadas |
Origin of okada
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.
Borrowed from Japanese 岡田 (Okada).
Questions about okada
- What does okada mean?
- Okada means a motorcycle taxi.
- What part of speech is okada?
- Okada can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of okada?
- The plural of okada is okadas.
Words near okada in the dictionary
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