See also: Kenýa, Kénya, Kênya, and kenyà

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably Kikuyu kĩrĩma (ostrich) + Kikuyu nyaga (mountain), referring to Mount Kenya.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛn.jə/, (dated) /ˈkiːn.jə/
  • (Kenya) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ.ɲa]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnjə, (dated) -iːnjə
  • Hyphenation: Ken‧ya, Hyphenation: Ke‧nya

Proper nounEdit

Kenya

  1. A country in Eastern Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya

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Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Kenya m or f

  1. Kenya

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DinkaEdit

EtymologyEdit

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Proper nounEdit

Kenya

  1. Kenya

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

English Kenya

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Kenya m

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

HungarianEdit

 
Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

PronunciationEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in Africa)

DeclensionEdit

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 BokmålEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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Proper nounEdit

Kenya

  1. Kenya

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

EtymologyEdit

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Proper nounEdit

Kenya

  1. Kenya

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PortugueseEdit

Proper nounEdit

Kenya m

  1. Alternative spelling of Quénia

SwahiliEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Kenya

  1. Kenya

Derived termsEdit

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SwedishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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Proper nounEdit

Kenya n (genitive Kenyas)

  1. Kenya

TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish Kenia (Kenya) or English Kenya.

Proper nounEdit

Kenya

  1. Kenya

TurkishEdit

 
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Wikipedia tr

Proper nounEdit

Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

DeclensionEdit

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