Kenya

 

From Kikuyu kĩrĩma (“mountain”) and Kikuyu nyaga (“ostrich”), from the name of Mount Kenya. See w:Kirinyaga County#Etymology.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛn.jə/, (dated) /ˈkiːn.jə/
• (Kenya) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.ɲa]

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• Rhymes: -ɛnjə, (dated) -iːnjə
• Hyphenation: Ke‧n‧ya

Kenya

2. A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.
   • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:

     The object of the builders was to push on to Uganda as quickly as possible; one result was that Kenya was "discovered" on the way.

• Subsahara

• Kenya AA
• Kenya tick typhus

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

• Hinde, H.B. Vocabularies of the Kamba amd Kikuyu languages of East Afica
•   Kenya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Kenya on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
•   Kenya on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
•   Category:Kenya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Kanye, Yanke, nakey

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• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɛ.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) unknown

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• Hyphenation: Ke‧nya

Kenya m or f

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

• kenyà

 

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Kenya

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Kenya

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

• kenyaner
• kenyansk

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Kenya

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

Borrowed from English Kenya.

• IPA^(key): /ke.nja/

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Kenya m

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

 

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Kenya

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• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛɲɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ke‧nya
• Rhymes: -ɲɒ

Kenya

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

• kenyai

 

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Kenya

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Kenya

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

• kenyaner
• kenyansk

 

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Kenya

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Kenya

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

• kenyan, kenyanar
• kenyansk

Kenya m

1. Alternative spelling of Quénia: Kenya (a country in East Africa)

 

 

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Kenya

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• (Kenya) IPA^(key): /kɛ.ɲɑ/

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Kenya

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

   Synonym: Jamhuri ya Kenya

• Mkenya

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

 

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Kenya

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Kenya n (genitive Kenyas)

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

• kenyan
• kenyansk
• kenyanska

• Kenya in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Borrowed from English Kenya or Spanish Kenia (“Kenya”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkenja/ [ˈkɛː.ɲɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈkenja/ [ˈkɛn̪.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -enja
• Syllabification: Ken‧ya

Kenya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

 

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

Kenya

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Kenya

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}