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Kenya

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See also: Kenýa, Kénya, Kênya, and kenyà

English

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Kenya

Etymology

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From the name of Mount Kenya, about which several theories exist, including

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kenya

  2. 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.
    • 2025 July 8, Zoe Sottile, “He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 10 July 2025:
      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.

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Translations

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See also

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countries in Africa (appendix)edit

References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “Kenya”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Proper noun

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Kenya m or f

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper noun

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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

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Dinka

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Dinka Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia din

Etymology

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From English Kenya.

Proper noun

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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Kenya.

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Kenya m

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

Hungarian

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 Kenya on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa; official name: Kenyai Köztársaság)

Declension

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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

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See also

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countries in Africa: Afrika országai (appendix)edit

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Internationalism.

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Proper noun

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Kenya m (invariable)

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Kenya m

  1. alternative spelling of Quénia: Kenya (a country in East Africa)

Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)
    Synonym: Jamhuri ya Kenya

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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Proper noun

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Kenya n (genitive Kenyas)

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Kenya or Spanish Kenia (“Kenya”).

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Kenya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

Declension

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Declension of Kenya
singular
nominative Kenya
accusative Kenya'yı
dative Kenya'ya
locative Kenya'da
ablative Kenya'dan
genitive Kenya'nın
Possessive forms of Kenya
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

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countries in Africa: Afrika ülkeleri (appendix)edit
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