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Kenya

[ken-yuh, keen-]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. Mount, an extinct volcano in central Kenya. 17,040 feet (5,194 meters).



Kenya

/ ˈkɛnjə, ˈkiːnjə /

noun

  1. 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)

  2. 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)

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Kenya

  1. Republic in eastern Africa bordered by Sudan and Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, Tanzania to the southwest, and Uganda to the west. Its capital and largest city is Nairobi.

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The Great Rift Valley in Kenya is the site of some major archaeological discoveries, including remains of the earliest known humans.
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Other Word Forms

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"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.

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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.

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The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed in a statement that a "service person" had been detained in Kenya.

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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.

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Two of Hafeez's close associates met a potential buyer from Colombia in a flat in Mombasa, Kenya.

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