Kenya

== English == === Etymology === From the name of Mount Kenya, about which several theories exist, including from Kikuyu kere nyaga (“white mountain”) (because it is snow-capped) from Kamba kii nyaa (“ostrich mountain”) from Kikuyu kĩrĩma (“mountain”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɛn.jə/, (dated) /ˈkiːn.jə/ (Kenya) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ.ɲa] Rhymes: -ɛnjə, (dated) -iːnjə Hyphenation: Ke‧n‧ya === Proper noun === Kenya A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya. ==== Hypernyms ==== Subsahara ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Countries of the world === References === === Further reading === Hinde, H.B. Vocabularies of the Kamba amd Kikuyu languages of East Afica Kenya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Kenya on Wikiquote.Wikiquote Kenya on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage Category:Kenya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === Kanye, Yanke, nakey == Catalan == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈke̞.ni.ə], [ˈke̞.ɲə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkɛ.ni.ə], [ˈkɛ.ɲə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkɛ.ni.a], [ˈkɛ.ɲa] Hyphenation: Kè‧ny‧a === Proper noun === Kenya m or f Kenya (a country in East Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== kenyà == Danish == === Proper noun === Kenya Kenya (a country in East Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== kenyaner kenyansk == Dinka == === Etymology === From English Kenya. === Proper noun === Kenya Kenya (a country in East Africa) == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Kenya. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ke.nja/ === Proper noun === Kenya m Kenya (a country in East Africa) == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkɛɲɒ] Hyphenation: Ke‧nya Rhymes: -ɲɒ === Proper noun === Kenya Kenya (a country in East Africa; official name: Kenyai Köztársaság) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kenyai === See also === == Indonesian == === Etymology === From the name of Mount Kenya, about which several theories exist, including from Kikuyu kere nyaga (“white mountain”) (because it is snow-capped) from Kamba kii nyaa (“ostrich mountain”) from Kikuyu kĩrĩma (“mountain”) === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkeɲa/ [ˈke.ɲa] Rhymes: -eɲa Syllabification: Ke‧nya === Proper noun === Kenya Kenya (a country in East Africa) === Noun === Kenya (plural Kenya-Kenya or para Kenya) Kenyan === Adjective === Kenya (comparative lebih Kenya, superlative paling Kenya) Kenyan === See also === === References === === Further reading === “Kenya”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Alternative forms === Chenia (dated) === Etymology === Internationalism. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.nja/ === Proper noun === Kenya m (invariable) Kenya (a country in East Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== kenyota, keniota (“Kenyan”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Kenya Kenya (a country in East Africa) ==== Related terms ==== kenyaner kenyansk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Kenya Kenya (a country in East Africa) ==== Related terms ==== kenyan, kenyanar kenyansk == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Kenya m (sometimes proscribed) alternative spelling of Quênia / Quénia: Kenya (a country in East Africa) ==== Usage notes ==== The Portuguese-Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized placenames (instead of unadapted borrowings or partial calques) if these are established in the language. As such, the forms Quênia or Quénia are preferred. == Swahili == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Kenya) IPA(key): /kɛ.ɲɑ/ === Proper noun === Kenya Kenya (a country in East Africa) Synonym: Jamhuri ya Kenya ==== Derived terms ==== Mkenya === See also === == Swedish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkeːnʏa/ === Proper noun === Kenya n (genitive Kenyas) Kenya (a country in East Africa) ==== Related terms ==== kenyan kenyansk kenyanska ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “Kenya”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024) Svensk MeSH == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Kenya or Spanish Kenia (“Kenya”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkenja/ [ˈkɛː.ɲɐ] IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈkenja/ [ˈkɛn̪.jɐ] Rhymes: -enja Syllabification: Ken‧ya === Proper noun === Kenya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ) Kenya (a country in East Africa) == Turkish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Kenya Kenya (a country in East Africa) ==== Declension ==== === See also ===