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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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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