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Kenya

See also: Kenýa, Kénya, Kênya, and kenyà

English

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Kenya

Etymology

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From the name of Mount Kenya, about which several theories exist, including

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Kenya

  2. 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.
    • 2025 July 8, Zoe Sottile, “He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 10 July 2025:
      Thomas was born in 1986, at a US military hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, to a mother born in Kenya and a US citizen father who eventually spent more than a decade in the military, where he repaired Army helicopters.

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countries in Africa (appendix)edit

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “Kenya”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Kenya m or f

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

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Danish

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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

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Dinka

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Etymology

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From English Kenya.

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Kenya

  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

French

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    Borrowed from English Kenya.

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    Kenya m

    1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

    Hungarian

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     Kenya on Hungarian Wikipedia

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

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    Kenya

    1. Kenya (a country in East Africa; official name: Kenyai Köztársaság)

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    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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    countries in Africa: Afrika országai (appendix)edit

    Indonesian

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    Etymology

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    From the name of Mount Kenya, about which several theories exist, including

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    Kenya

    1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

    Noun

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    Kenya (plural Kenya-Kenya or para Kenya)

    1. Kenyan

    Adjective

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    Kenya (comparative lebih Kenya, superlative paling Kenya)

    1. Kenyan

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    countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

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    1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “Kenya”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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    Italian

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    Alternative forms

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    Internationalism.

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    Kenya m (invariable)

    1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

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    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Norwegian Wikipedia has articles on:
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    The flag of Kenya.
     
    Kenya in Africa.
     
    A landscape near Mount Kenya.

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    Borrowed from English Kenya, from the name of Mount Kenya. The modern form was recorded in the 19th century by the German missionary and explorer Johann Ludwig Krapf as Kenia and Kegnia. The deeper origin of the mountain name is unknown. One proposed explanation derives Krapf's forms from Kamba Kĩ-Nyaa or Kamba Kĩlĩma Kĩinyaa. Another connects the name with Kikuyu Kĩrĩma Kĩrĩnyaga (“mountain of brightness; mountain of whiteness”), referring to the contrasting dark rock and snow of the mountain. The female given name is derived from the country name.

    Parallel international adaptations include Norwegian Nynorsk Kenya, Danish Kenya, Swedish Kenya, German Kenia, Dutch Kenia and French Kenya (“Kenya”).

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    • IPA(key): /¹ˈkɛn.ja/, [ˈkɛ̀n.ja]
    • Rhymes: -ɛnja
    • Hyphenation: Ke‧nya

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    Kenya

    1. Kenya; a country in East Africa, Africa, on the Indian Ocean, with Nairobi as its capital.
      De krysset grensen fra Uganda til Kenya. ― They crossed the border from Uganda into Kenya.
      • 2026 June 25, “Kenya”, in Store norske leksikon‎[2]:
        Kenya er en republikk i Øst-Afrika.
        Kenya is a republic in East Africa.
    2. (rare) a female given name, derived from the country name.[1]
      Kenya begynte på skolen denne høsten. ― Kenya started school this autumn.

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    • The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Kenya (“the Republic of Kenya”).

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    countries in Africa: land i Afrika (appendix)edit

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    • According to name statistics from Statistics Norway, seven women in Norway had Kenya as their first given name in August 2023; none had it as their sole given name.[1]

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    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Kenya”, Alt om navn, based on data from Statistics Norway.

    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    Kenya

    1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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    Portuguese

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    Kenya m

    1. (sometimes proscribed) alternative spelling of Quênia / Quénia: Kenya (a country in East Africa)

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    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.

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    Kenya

    1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)
      Synonym: Jamhuri ya Kenya

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    countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

    Swedish

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    Kenya n (genitive Kenyas)

    1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)
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    countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

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    Tagalog

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English Kenya or Spanish Kenia (“Kenya”).

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    Kenya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

    1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

    Turkish

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    Kenya

    1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

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    Declension of Kenya
    singular
    nominative Kenya
    accusative Kenya'yı
    dative Kenya'ya
    locative Kenya'da
    ablative Kenya'dan
    genitive Kenya'nın
    Possessive forms 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

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    countries in Africa: Afrika ülkeleri (appendix)edit
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