Kenya

See also: Kenýa, Kénya, Kênya, and kenyà

English

Etymology

Probably Kikuyu kĩrĩma (“ostrich”) + Kikuyu nyaga (“mountain”), referring to Mount Kenya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛn.jə/, (dated) /ˈkiːn.jə/
  • (Kenya) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ.ɲa]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnjə, (dated) -iːnjə
  • Hyphenation: Ken‧ya, Hyphenation: Ke‧nya

Proper noun

Kenya

  1. A country in Eastern Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya

Hypernyms

Translations

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Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kenya m or f

  1. Kenya

Derived terms

Dinka

Etymology

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Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya

French

Etymology

English Kenya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ke.nja/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Kenya m

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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 —
Possessive forms of Kenya
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

  • kenyai

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kenya m

  1. Alternative spelling of Quénia

Swahili

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kenya) IPA(key): /kɛ.ɲɑ/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Etymology

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Proper noun

Kenya n (genitive Kenyas)

  1. Kenya

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Kenia (“Kenya”) or English Kenya.

Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya

Turkish

Proper noun

Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

Declension

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