minibus

minibus
/min"ee bus'/, n.
a small bus, seating about 15 passengers and typically transporting people short distances. Also called microbus.
[1840-50; MINI- + BUS1; the 19th-century word, meaning "small carriage," perh. MINI(MUM) + (OMNI)BUS]

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