Kenyan

See also: kenyan, kényan, Kényan, and Kenyän

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Kenya

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Kenyan

From Kenya + -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛnjən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

Kenyan (plural Kenyans)

1. A person from Kenya or of Kenyan descent.

Hypernyms

• sub-Saharan, African

Translations

A person from Kenya or of Kenyan descent

• Afrikaans: Keniaan
• Asturian: kenianu (ast) m, keñanu (ast) m, keniana (ast) f, keñana (ast) f
• Catalan: kenyà (ca) m, kenyana (ca) f
• Czech: Keňan (cs) m
• Danish: kenyaner c
• Dutch: Keniaan (nl) m, Keniaanse (nl) f, Kenyaan (nl) m, Kenyaanse (nl) f
• Finnish: kenialainen (fi)
• French: Kényan (fr) m
• Galician: kenyano (gl) m
• German: Kenianer (de) m, Kenianerin (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kenyaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: kenyan (nn) m, kenyanar (nn) m

• Portuguese: queniano (pt) m
• Romanian: kenyan (ro) m, kenyană (ro) f
• Russian: кени́ец (ru) m (keníjec), кени́йка (ru) f (keníjka)
• Spanish: keniano (es) m, keniata (es) n
• Swahili: Mkenya (sw)
• Turkish: Kenyalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: кені́єць m (keníjecʹ), кені́йка f (keníjka)

Adjective

Kenyan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Kenya or the Kenyan people.

Derived terms

• Kenyanness

Translations

Of, from, or pertaining to Kenya or the Kenyan people

• Afrikaans: Keniaans
• Asturian: kenianu (ast), keñanu (ast)
• Catalan: kenyà (ca) m, kenyana (ca) f
• Czech: keňský (cs)
• Danish: kenyansk
• Dutch: Keniaans (nl), Kenyaans (nl)
• Finnish: kenialainen (fi)
• French: kényan (fr) m
• Galician: kenyano (gl)
• German: kenianisch (de)
• Italian: keniano (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kenyansk

  Nynorsk: kenyansk (nn)

• Polish: kenijski (pl)
• Portuguese: queniano (pt)
• Romanian: kenyan (ro)
• Russian: кени́йский (ru) (keníjskij)
• Spanish: keniano (es), keniata (es)
• Swahili: Mkenya (sw)
• Swedish: kenyansk (sv)
• Ukrainian: кені́йський (keníjsʹkyj)

Anagrams

• Ankeny, Ankney