Kenya

See also: Kenýa, Kénya, and Kênya

English

Etymology

Probably from Kikuyu kere nyaga (“white mountain”), referring to Mount Kenya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛnjə/, /ˈkiːnjə/
  • (Kenya) IPA(key): [ˈkɛɲa]
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ken‧ya, Ke‧nya

Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Country in Eastern Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

Hypernyms

Translations

See also

  • Countries of the world

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ɲə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ɲa/
  • Hyphenation: Ke‧nya

Proper noun

Kenya m, f

  1. Kenya

Dinka

Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ke.nja/

Proper noun

Kenya m

  1. Kenya

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kenya m

  1. Alternative spelling of Quénia

Swahili

Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya

Derived terms

Swedish

Proper noun

Kenya n

  1. Kenya

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Kenia (“Kenya”).

Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya
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