Kenya

See also:Kenýa,Kénya,Kênya,andkenyà

English

Kenya

Etymology

FromKikuyukĩrĩma(“mountain”)andKikuyunyaga(“ostrich”),from the name ofMount Kenya.Seew:Kirinyaga County#Etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkɛn.jə/,(dated)/ˈkiːn.jə/
• (Kenya)IPA^(key):[ˈkɛ.ɲa]

• Audio(Kenya):

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• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-ɛnjə,(dated)-iːnjə
• Hyphenation:Ke‧n‧ya

Proper noun

Kenya

2. A country inEast Africa.Official name:Republic of Kenya.
   • 1950April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, inRailway Magazine,page262:

     The object of the builders was to push on to Uganda as quickly as possible; one result was thatKenyawas "discovered" on the way.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Kenya AA
• Kenya tick typhus

Translations

country in Eastern Africa

• Afrikaans:Kenia
• Albanian:Kenia(sq)f
• Amharic:ኬንያ(kenya)
• Arabic:كِينِيَاf(kēniyā)
• Armenian:Քենիա(Kʻenia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܟܸܢܝܵܐf(kinyā)
• Asturian:Keñaf
• Azerbaijani:Keniya(az)
• Bashkir:Кения(Keniya)
• Belarusian:Ке́ніяf(Kjénija)
• Bengali:কেনিয়া(bn)(keniẏa)
• Breton:Kenya
• Bulgarian:Ке́нияf(Kénija)
• Burmese:ကင်ညာ(kangnya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Kenya／Kenya(zh)(Kěnníyà),Chịu á／Chịu á(zh)(Kěnyà)(Taiwan)

• Crimean Tatar:Keniya
• Czech:Keňa(cs)f
• Danish:Kenya
• Dinka:Kenya
• Dutch:Kenia(nl)n,Kenya(nl)n
• Esperanto:Kenjo
• Estonian:Keenia(et),Kenya(et)
• Faroese:Kenjan
• Finnish:Kenia(fi)
• French:Kenya(fr)
• Galician:Quenia(gl)f
• Georgian:კენია(ka)(ḳenia)
• German:Kenia(de)
• Greek:Κένυα(el)f(Kénya)
• Gujarati:કેન્યાm(kenyā)
• Hausa:Kenya
• Hebrew:קֶנְיָהf(kenya)
• Hindi:कीनिया(hi)(kīniyā),केन्या(kenyā),केनिया(hi)m(keniyā),कीनयाm(kīnyā),कीनीयाm(kīnīyā),केनयाm(kenyā),कीन्याm(kīnyā)
• Hungarian:Kenya(hu)
• Icelandic:Kenía(is)f
• Ido:Kenia(io)
• Indonesian:Kenya(id)
• Interlingua:Kenya
• Irish:An Chéiniaf
• Italian:Kenya(it)m
• Japanese:ケニア(ja)(Kenia)
• Kalenjin:Kenya
• Kamba:Kenya
• Kannada:ಕೀನ್ಯಾ(kīnyā)
• Kazakh:Кения(kk)(Keniä)
• Khmer:កេនយ៉ា(km)(keenyaa)
• Kikuyu:Kenya
• Kis:Kenya
• Korean:케냐(ko)(Kenya),케니아(ko)(Kenia)(North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:کینیا(ckb)(kînya)

• Kyrgyz:Кения(ky)(Keniya)
• Lao:ເກນຢາ(kēn yā)
• Latgalian:Keneja
• Latin:Kenia
• Latvian:Kenijaf
• Lithuanian:Kenija(lt)f
• Luhya:Kenya
• Luo:Kenya
• Macedonian:Кенија(mk)f(Kenija)
• Malay:Kenya(ms)
• Malayalam:കെനിയ(keniya)
• Maltese:il-Kenjaf
• Maori:Kēnia
• Marathi:केनिया(keniyā)
• Mari:

  Western Mari:Кени(Keńi)

• Meru:Kenya
• Mongolian:Кени(Keni)
• Nahuatl:Quenia
• Navajo:Dził Dah Gai Biyaagi Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah
• Norman:Qùeniam,Kenya
• North Frisian:Keenia
• Northern Sami:Kenia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:Kenya(no)

  Nynorsk:Kenya(nn)

• Occitan:Kenya(oc)m
• Odia:କେନିଆ(keniā)
• Papiamentu:Kenia
• Pashto:کېنيا(kenyā)
• Persian:کنیا(keniyâ)
• Polish:Kenia(pl)f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian:Quênia(pt)m

  European:Quénia(pt)m

• Punjabi:ਕੀਨੀਆ(kīnīā)
• Quechua:Kinya
• Romanian:Kenya(ro)f
• Russian:Ке́ния(ru)f(Kénija)
• Sango:Kenyäa(sg)
• Sardinian:Kènya
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:Кенијаf

  Roman:Kenija(sh)f

• Sinhalese:කෙන්යාව(kenyāwa)
• Slovak:Keňa(sk)f
• Slovene:Kénija(sl)f
• Somali:Kiinya
• Spanish:Kenia(es)f
• Swahili:Kenya(sw)
• Swedish:Kenya(sv)
• Tagalog:Kenya(tl)
• Tajik:Кения(Keniya)
• Tamil:கென்யா(keṉyā)
• Tatar:Кения(Keniyä)
• Telugu:కెన్యా(te)(kenyā)
• Thai:เคนยา(th)(ken-yâa)
• Tibetan:ཁེ་ནི་ཡ།(khe ni ya)
• Tigrinya:ኬንያ(kenya)
• Turkish:Kenya(tr)
• Turkmen:Keniýa
• Ukrainian:Ке́нія(uk)f(Kénija)
• Urdu:کینیا(kīniyā)
• Uyghur:كېنىيە(këniye)
• Uzbek:Keniya(uz)
• Vietnamese:Kê-ni-a
• Western Panjabi:کینیا(keneyā)
• Yakut:Кения(Keniya)
• Yiddish:קעניע(kenye)
• Yoruba:Kenya

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa)countriesofAfrica;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

• Hinde, H.B. Vocabularies of the Kamba amd Kikuyu languages of East Afica
• Kenyaon Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kenyaon Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Kenyaon Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Category:Kenyaon Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Kanye,Yanke,nakey

Catalan

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[ˈkɛ.ɲə]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic,Valencia)unknown

• Audio(Valencia):

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• Hyphenation:Ke‧nya

Proper noun

Kenyamorf

1. Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

Derived terms

• kenyà

Danish

Proper noun

Kenya

1. Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

Derived terms

• kenyaner
• kenyansk

Dinka

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Kenya

1. Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishKenya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ke.nja/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kenyam

1. Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kenya

1. Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

Declension

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 formsofKenya
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

• kenyai

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Kenya

1. Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

Related terms

• kenyaner
• kenyansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Kenya

1. Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

Related terms

• kenyan,kenyanar
• kenyansk

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kenyam

1. Alternative spelling ofQuénia:Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

Swahili

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kenya)IPA^(key):/kɛ.ɲɑ/

• Audio(Kenya):

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Proper noun

Kenya

1. Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

   Synonym:Jamhuri ya Kenya

Derived terms

• Mkenya

See also

• (countries of Africa)nchizaAfrika;AlgeriaorAljeria,Angola,Benin,Botswana,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Cabo Verde,KamerunorCameroonorKameruni,Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati,ChadorChadi,KomoriorVisiwa vya Ngazija,Cote d'IvoireorKodivaa,Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya KongoorKongo-Kinshasa,JibutiorDjibouti,MisriorUmisri,Guinea ya IkwetaorGinekweta,Eritrea,EthiopiaorUhabeshiorHabeshi,Gabon,Gambia,Ghana,GuineaorGineorGini,Guinea BisauorGuinea-BisauorGinebisau,Kenya,Lesotho,Liberia,Libya,MadagaskaorBukini,MalawiorUnyasa,Mali,Mauritania,Morisi,Mayotte,MorokoorMaroko,MsumbijiorMozambik,Namibia,NigerorNijeri,NigeriaorNijeriaorNaijeria,Jamhuri ya KongoorKongo-Brazzaville,Réunion,RwandaorRuanda,Mtakatifu Helena,Sao Tome na Principe,SenegalorSenegali,Shelisheli,Sierra Leone,Somalia,Afrika Kusini,Sudan Kusini,Sudan,UswaziorSwaziland,Tanzania,Togo,Tunisia,Uganda,Sahara ya Magharibi,Zambia,Zimbabwe^{(Category:sw:Countries in Africa)[edit]}

Swedish

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kenyan(genitiveKenyas)

1. Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

Related terms

• kenyan
• kenyansk
• kenyanska

Further reading

• KenyainSvenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok(12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishKenyaorSpanishKenia(“Kenya”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈkenja/[ˈkɛː.ɲɐ]
  • IPA^(key):(no yod coalescence)/ˈkenja/[ˈkɛn̪.jɐ]
• Rhymes:-enja
• Syllabification:Ken‧ya

Proper noun

Kenya(Baybayin spellingᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kenya

1. Kenya(a country inEast Africa)

Declension

declension ofKenya

	singular, uncountable (tekil,sayılamaz)
nominative(yalın)	Kenya
accusative(belirtme)	Kenya'yı
dative(yönelme)	Kenya'ya
locative(bulunma)	Kenya'da
ablative(çıkma)	Kenya'dan
genitive(tamlayan)	Kenya'nın

possessive ofKenya

	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

• (countries of Africa)Afrikaülkesi;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]}