# Kenya
## English
### Etymology

From Kamba kii nyaa (“ostrich mountain”) cognate of Kikuyu kĩrĩma (“mountain”) and Kikuyu nyaga (“ostrich”), from the name of Mount Kenya. See w:Kirinyaga County#Etymology.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɛn.jə/, (dated) /ˈkiːn.jə/
* (Kenya) IPA: [ˈkɛ.ɲa]
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (Kenya):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnjə, (dated) -iːnjə
* Hyphenation: Ke‧n‧ya

### Proper noun

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.

#### Hypernyms

* Subsahara

#### Derived terms

* Kenya AA
* Kenya tick typhus

#### Translations
### See also

* Countries of the world
* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
* 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

### 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: (Central) [ˈkɛ.ɲə]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) unknown
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Hyphenation: Ke‧nya

### 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

(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)

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Kenya.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ke.nja/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Kenya m
* Kenya (a country in East Africa)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɛɲɒ]
* Hyphenation: Ke‧nya
* Rhymes: -ɲɒ

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* kenyai

### See also

* Algéria
* Angola
* Benin
* Bissau-Guinea
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Comore-szigetek
* Csád
* Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
* Dél-Szudán
* Dzsibuti
* Egyenlítői-Guinea
* Egyiptom
* Elefántcsontpart
* Eritrea
* Etiópia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghána
* Guinea
* Kamerun
* Kenya
* Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
* Kongói Köztársaság
* Közép-afrikai Köztársaság
* Lesotho
* Libéria
* Líbia
* Madagaszkár
* Malawi
* Mali
* Marokkó
* Mauritánia
* Mauritius
* Mozambik
* Namíbia
* Niger
* Nigéria
* Ruanda
* Seychelle-szigetek
* Sierra Leone
* São Tomé és Príncipe
* Szenegál
* Szomália
* Szudán
* Szváziföld
* Tanzánia
* Togo
* Tunézia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe
* Zöld-foki Köztársaság

## 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
* Alternative spelling of Quénia: Kenya (a country in East Africa)

## Swahili
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Kenya) IPA: /kɛ.ɲɑ/
* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Mkenya

### See also

* Afrika Kusini
* Algeria ~ Aljeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Chad ~ Chadi
* Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
* Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
* Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
* Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
* Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
* Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
* Jibuti ~ Djibouti
* Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
* Kenya
* Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagaska, Bukini
* Malawi, Unyasa
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mayotte
* Misri, Umisri
* Morisi
* Moroko ~ Maroko
* Msumbiji, Mozambik
* Mtakatifu Helena
* Namibia
* Niger ~ Nijeri
* Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
* Rwanda ~ Ruanda
* Réunion
* Sahara ya Magharibi
* Sao Tome na Principe
* Senegal ~ Senegali
* Shelisheli
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Kusini
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Uswazi, Swaziland
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Kenya n (genitive Kenyas)
* Kenya (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* kenyan
* kenyansk
* kenyanska

### Further reading

* Kenya in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
* Svensk MeSH

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Kenya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)
* Kenya (a country in East Africa)

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Kenya
* Kenya (a country in East Africa)

#### Declension
### See also

* 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
* Senegal
* Seyşeller
* Sierra Leone
* Somali
* Sudan
* São Tomé ve Príncipe
* Tanzanya
* Togo
* Tunus
* Uganda
* Yeşil Burun
* Zambiya
* Zimbabve