Kenya
English edit
Etymology edit
From Kikuyu [Term?], from the name of Mount Kenya. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛn.jə/, (dated) /ˈkiːn.jə/
- (Kenya) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ.ɲa]
Audio (Kenya) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnjə, (dated) -iːnjə
- Hyphenation: Ke‧n‧ya
Proper noun edit
Kenya
- 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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country in Eastern Africa
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See also edit
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; 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 edit
Kenya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Kenya on Wikiquote.Wikiquote 
Kenya on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage 
Category:Kenya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈkɛ.ɲə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) unknown
Audio (Valencian) (file) - Hyphenation: Ke‧nya
Proper noun edit
Kenya m or f
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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Kenya m
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Declension edit
| 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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Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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Kenya m
- Alternative spelling of Quénia: Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
- Synonym: Jamhuri ya Kenya
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- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
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Kenya n (genitive Kenyas)
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Kenya or Spanish Kenia (“Kenya”).
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Kenya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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Kenya
- Kenya (a country in East Africa)
Declension edit
declension of Kenya
possessive 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 edit
- (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; 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]