Kenya

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See also: Kenýa, Kénya, Kênya, and kenyà

English

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Kenya

Etymology

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From Kikuyu kĩrĩma (mountain) and Kikuyu nyaga (ostrich), from the name of Mount Kenya. See w:Kirinyaga County#Etymology.

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Kenya

  1. 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.

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Catalan

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Kenya m or f

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

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Dinka

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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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Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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

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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Kenya

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

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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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Portuguese

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Kenya m

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

Swahili

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Kenya

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

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Swedish

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Kenya n (genitive Kenyas)

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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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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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

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