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Kenya
[ken-yuh, keen-]
noun
a republic in E Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony and protectorate. 223,478 sq. mi. (578,808 sq. km). Nairobi.
Mount, an extinct volcano in central Kenya. 17,040 feet (5,194 meters).
Kenya
/ ˈkɛnjə, ˈkiːnjə /
noun
a republic in E Africa, on the Indian Ocean: became a British protectorate in 1895 and a colony in 1920; gained independence in 1963 and is a member of the Commonwealth. Tea and coffee constitute about a third of the total exports. Official languages: Swahili and English. Religions: Christian majority, animist minority. Currency: shilling. Capital: Nairobi. Pop: 44 037 656 (2013 est). Area: 582 647 sq km (224 960 sq miles)
Local name: Kirinyaga.an extinct volcano in central Kenya: the second highest mountain in Africa; girth at 2400 m (8000 ft) is about 150 km (95 miles). The regions above 3200 m (10 500 ft) constitute Mount Kenya National Park . Height: 5199 m (17 058 ft)
Other Word Forms
- Kenyan adjective
Example Sentences
"If we have a protracted situation where this is what we can manage, then basically we have a slowly starving population," says Felix Okech, the WFP's head of refugee operations in Kenya.
Kenya's independent police oversight body has launched an investigation into the death of a man who had been detained "for false publication", police have said.
The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed in a statement that a "service person" had been detained in Kenya.
An investigation by British newspaper the Times found that two refugees living in a camp in Kenya were flown to Europe only to be told they were too malnourished to appear on the runway.
Two of Hafeez's close associates met a potential buyer from Colombia in a flat in Mombasa, Kenya.
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