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Okada¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 岡田 (Okada).

proper noun Okadas

  1. A surname from Japanese.

okada²

Where it comes from

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.

noun okadas

  1. Nigeria 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.

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@misc{okada_2026,
  title = {okada},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/okada},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}