Nairobi

See also: Nairóbi

English

Etymology

From Maasai enkare nyrobi (“cold water, cold river”), the name of the Nairobi river.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /naɪˈɹəʊbi/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /naɪˈɹoʊbi/

Proper noun

Nairobi

1. The capital city of Kenya.

Translations

capital of Kenya

• Amharic: ናይሮቢ (nayrobi)
• Arabic: نَيْرُوبِي‎ f (nayrūbī)
• Armenian: Նայրոբի (Nayrobi)
• Bengali: নাইরোবি (nairōbi)
• Catalan: Nairobi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內羅畢／内罗毕 (zh) (Nèiluóbì)

• Danish: Nairobi
• Dutch: Nairobi (nl) n
• Esperanto: Najrobio
• Finnish: Nairobi (fi)
• French: Nairobi (fr)
• German: Nairobi (de) n
• Greek: Ναϊρόμπι (el) (Naïrómpi)
• Hebrew: ניירובי \ נַיְרוֹבִּי‎ f (nairobi)
• Hindi: नायरोबी (nāyrobī), नाइरोबी (nāirobī)
• Italian: Nairobi (it) f
• Japanese: ナイロビ (Nairobi)
• Kannada: ನೈರೋಬಿ (nairōbi)
• Khmer: ណៃរ៉ូប៊ី (km) (nayroubii)
• Korean: 나이로비 (ko) (Nairobi)
• Maltese: Najrobi
• Navajo: Naiwóobii
• Occitan: Nairòbi (oc)
• Persian: نایروبی‎ (nâyrubi)
• Portuguese: Nairóbi (pt) f, Nairobi f
• Russian: Найро́би (ru) m (Najróbi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Најроби m

  Roman: Najrobi m

• Spanish: Nairobi (es) m
• Swahili: Nairobi (sw)
• Swedish: Nairobi (sv) n
• Thai: ไนโรบี (nai-roo-bii)
• Tibetan: ནའི་རོ་བི། (na'i ro bi)
• Vietnamese: Nai-rô-bi

Anagrams

• robinia

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /najroːbi/, [najˈʁoːb̥i]

Proper noun

Nairobi

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Further reading

• Nairobi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /najˈrɔ.bi/
• Rhymes: -ɔbi
• Hyphenation: Nai‧rò‧bi

Proper noun

Nairobi f

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Anagrams

• barioni, binario, brionia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Nairóbi

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /najˈɾɔ.bi/ [naɪ̯ˈɾɔ.bi]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /najˈɾɔ.bi/ [najˈɾɔ.βi]

Proper noun

Nairobi f

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnajrobi]

Proper noun

Nairobi n

1. Nairobi (the capital of Kenya)

References

• Nairobi in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naiˈɾobi/ [nai̯ˈɾo.β̞i]
• Rhymes: -obi
• Syllabification: Nai‧ro‧bi

Proper noun

Nairobi ?

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Proper noun

Nairobi

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Swedish

Proper noun

Nairobi n (genitive Nairobis)

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)