Kenya

Ken-ya · proper noun

imported

Definitions

proper noun

  1. 1.

    A country in East Africa, bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia, with coastline on the Indian Ocean.

Related words

See also: Africa, Nairobi, safari

Etymology

From the Kikuyu name Kirinyaga, referring to Mount Kenya, meaning "mountain of whiteness" due to its snow-capped peaks. The British colonial name "Kenya" is an anglicized form.