Kenya
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Kenya_w2_locator.svg/220px-Kenya_w2_locator.svg.png)
Etymology
[edit]From 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
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See also
[edit]- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, 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 (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
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
[edit]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]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/220px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
- Synonym: Jamhuri ya Kenya
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
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)
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 | plural | |
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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]- (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; 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, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve (Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]
- English terms borrowed from Kikuyu
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- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɛnjə
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- Rhymes:English/iːnjə
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- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɲɒ
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- nb:Kenya
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- nn:Kenya
- nn:Countries in Africa
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- Portuguese terms spelled with Y
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- pt:Kenya
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- Swahili terms with IPA pronunciation
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- sv:Countries in Africa
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- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
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- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
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- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/enja
- Rhymes:Tagalog/enja/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
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- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Kenya
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- tr:Kenya
- tr:Countries in Africa
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