Kenya

proper nounattested in dialogue

//ˈkɛn.jə//
//ˈkiːn.jə//
/[ˈkɛ.ɲa]/

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

proper noun

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A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.
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.
Thomas was born in 1986, at a US military hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, to a mother born in Kenya and a US citizen father who eventually spent more than a decade in the military, where he repaired Army helicopters.

Etymology

From the name of Mount Kenya, about which several theories exist, including * from Kikuyu kere nyaga (“white mountain”) (because it is snow-capped) * from Kamba kii nyaa (“ostrich mountain”) * from Kikuyu kĩrĩma (“mountain”)

kent · A shepherd's staff.Kent · A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East…Kentucky · A state of the United States. Capital: Frankfort. Largest…

Kenya · A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

Kermit · A male given name from Manx.kerosene · A thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored…Kerry · A county of Ireland. County seat: Tralee.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.