Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A country of east-central Africa bordering on the Indian Ocean. The site of many fossils of early human species, Kenya was inhabited during historic times by various Cushitic, Nilotic, and Bantu peoples including the Kikuyu and the Masai. The coast was settled by Arab traders in the 8th century AD and later (16th–18th century) by the Portuguese. Kenya became a British protectorate in 1890 and crown colony in 1920. It achieved independence in 1963. Nairobi is the capital and the largest city.
  • Mount,An extinct volcano, 5,199 m (17,057 ft) high, in central Kenya. It is the second-highest peak in Africa.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun A country in East Africa, formerly a British colony.

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  • proper noun Country in Eastern Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

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  • noun a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya

Etymologies

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Probably from Kikuyu kere nyaga ("white mountain"), referring to Mount Kenya.

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Examples

  • KENYA: In Kenya, where the repressive machinery of the previous

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • TOM FRASER, VAN KLEEF ROSES KENYA: We also do large tests here in Kenya to make sure the criteria is there from the (UNINTELLIGIBLE), also for an environmentally-friendly rose with not too many thorns.

    CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2004 2004

  • Global recession and kenya Market experts and economists are struggling to explain the current situation in Kenya with no clear indication if the current slow-down in the local economy is being caused by the global financial crisis in Western economies or whether its a conspiracy of local factors.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Global recession and kenya Market experts and economists are struggling to explain the current situation in Kenya with no clear indication if the current slow-down in the local economy is being caused by the global financial crisis in Western economies or whether its a conspiracy of local factors.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • NAIROBI, KENYA (ANS) -- Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that a constitutional battle to expand the scope of Islamic courts in the east African country of Kenya threatens to ignite religious tensions at a time when authorities are on high alert against Muslim extremists with ties to Somalia.

    Latest Articles ASSIST NEWS SERVICE 2010

  • NAIROBI, KENYA - April 17,2009 - A groundbreaking initiative that will provide home-based HIV / AIDS testing and counseling for two million people in western Kenya over the next two years was announced today by the Right Honourable Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya, the Global Business Coalition on HIV / AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC) and the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

    CSRwire.com 2009

  • OL PEJETA CONSERVANCY, KENYA - Four of the world's last known eight northern white rhinos landed in Kenya on Sunday and were transported to a game park where officials hope the endangered mammals will reproduce and save their subspecies.

    RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds 2009

  • The rest of his kenyan family celebrated his victory as "obama is a son of kenya" son indeed, he was born in Kenya in front of his black african kenyan muslim grandmother who admitted it during a telephone call to a certain Bishop.

    Planet Irf 2008

  • In the early 60s, when all the Somalis were passionately enthusiastic with the achievement of the country´s national independence, only a minority in Kenya accepted the English postcolonial frame of ´Kenya´ - an otherwise inexistent country that cannot and despite all colonial schemes will not stand together.

    American Chronicle 2008

  • Canadian international merchandise trade, February 2010 design2host kenya Center For International Trade, Economic En Kenya:

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