Kenya
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Kamba kii nyaa (“ostrich mountain”) cognate of Kikuyu kĩrĩma (“mountain”) and Kikuyu nyaga (“ostrich”), from the name of Mount Kenya. See w:Kirinyaga County#Etymology.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɛn.jə/, (dated) /ˈkiːn.jə/
- (Kenya) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ.ɲa]
Audio (Kenya): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnjə, (dated) -iːnjə
- Hyphenation: Ke‧n‧ya
Proper noun
[edit]Kenya
- 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.
Hypernyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]country in Eastern Africa
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See also
[edit]- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
- 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
Further reading
[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
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈkɛ.ɲə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) unknown
Audio (Valencia): (file) - Hyphenation: Ke‧nya
Proper noun
[edit]Kenya m or f
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]Danish
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Proper noun
[edit]Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]Dinka
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kenya m
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kenya | — |
| accusative | Kenyát | — |
| dative | Kenyának | — |
| instrumental | Kenyával | — |
| causal-final | Kenyáért | — |
| translative | Kenyává | — |
| terminative | Kenyáig | — |
| essive-formal | Kenyaként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Kenyában | — |
| superessive | Kenyán | — |
| adessive | Kenyánál | — |
| illative | Kenyába | — |
| sublative | Kenyára | — |
| allative | Kenyához | — |
| elative | Kenyából | — |
| delative | Kenyáról | — |
| ablative | Kenyától | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Kenyáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Kenyáéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Kenyám | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Kenyád | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Kenyája | — |
| 1st person plural | Kenyánk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Kenyátok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Kenyájuk | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kenya m
- Alternative spelling of Quénia: Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Swahili
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Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
- Synonym: Jamhuri ya Kenya
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Afrika Kusini
- Algeria ~ Aljeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Chad ~ Chadi
- Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
- Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
- Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
- Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
- Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
- Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
- Jibuti ~ Djibouti
- Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
- Kenya
- Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaska, Bukini
- Malawi, Unyasa
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Misri, Umisri
- Morisi
- Moroko ~ Maroko
- Msumbiji, Mozambik
- Mtakatifu Helena
- Namibia
- Niger ~ Nijeri
- Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
- Rwanda ~ Ruanda
- Réunion
- Sahara ya Magharibi
- Sao Tome na Principe
- Senegal ~ Senegali
- Shelisheli
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Kusini
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Uswazi, Swaziland
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Kenya n (genitive Kenyas)
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Kenya in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Kenya or Spanish Kenia (“Kenya”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkenja/ [ˈkɛː.ɲɐ]
- Rhymes: -enja
- Syllabification: Ken‧ya
Proper noun
[edit]Kenya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Turkish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Declension
[edit]| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kenya |
| accusative | Kenya'yı |
| dative | Kenya'ya |
| locative | Kenya'da |
| ablative | Kenya'dan |
| genitive | Kenya'nın |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Kenya'm | Kenyalarım Kenya'larım |
| senin (your) | Kenya'n | Kenyaların Kenya'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Kenya'sı | Kenyaları Kenya'ları |
| bizim (our) | Kenya'mız | Kenyalarımız Kenya'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Kenya'nız | Kenyalarınız Kenya'larınız |
| onların (their) | Kenya'sı Kenyaları Kenya'ları |
Kenyaları Kenya'ları |
See also
[edit]- 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
- Senegal
- Seyşeller
- Sierra Leone
- Somali
- Sudan
- São Tomé ve Príncipe
- Tanzanya
- Togo
- Tunus
- Uganda
- Yeşil Burun
- Zambiya
- Zimbabve
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- nn:Countries in Africa
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