Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.
From the name of Mount Kenya, about which several theories exist, including * from Kikuyu kere nyaga (“white mountain”) (because it is snow-capped) * from Kamba kii nyaa (“ostrich mountain”) * from Kikuyu kĩrĩma (“mountain”)
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- Borrowed-form mentionkere nyagaki · white mountain
- Borrowed-form mentionkii nyaakam
- Borrowed-form mentionkĩrĩmaki
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