Nairobi

From Maasai enkare nyrobi (“cold water, cold river”), the name of the Nairobi river.

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By 1899 the railhead had reached the further edge of the Athi Plain at mile 315, and halted while the survey parties went ahead, and a supply base was established at the foot of the hills. This spot has become Nairobi.

1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:


Kikuyu

A large town in Kiambu County, Kenya, named after the Kikuyu people.


Meru

A region and county of Kenya where the Ameru people live.


Eastleigh

Borough of Eastleigh
Eastleigh (disambiguation)


Mara

In the dry season, when the Mara becomes narrower and shallower, certain stretches of it become especially thick with hippos—and their dung.

2018 May 16, Ed Yong, “Hippos Poop So Much That Sometimes All the Fish Die”, in The Atlantic:


Kakamega

A large town, the capital of Kakamega County, Kenya.


Mombasa

A large coastal city in Kenya, the second-largest city in Kenya.


Lake Victoria

Named after Queen Victoria by the explorer John Hanning Speke, the first Briton to document it in 1858, while on an expedition with Richard Francis Burton.

The largest lake in Africa, with shoreline in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; one of the African Great Lakes.

John Hanning Speke
Lake Victoria
Queen Victoria
Richard Francis Burton


Voi

A town in Taita-Taveta County, southern Kenya.


Lavington

en-proper noun

Lavington (countable and uncountable, plural Lavingtons)

Habitational surname from the villages of Market Lavington and West Lavington, from the Old English personal name Lāfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A placename, from the surname:
A suburb of Nairobi, Kenya.


Port Victoria

A small town in western Kenya, located on Lake Victoria.


Timboroa

A town on the Equator at a high elevation in Baringo County, Kenya.


Nakuru

A city, the capital of Nakuru County, Kenya.

Nakuru County, one of 47 counties in Kenya.


Eldoret

A large town, the capital of Uasin Gishu County, Kenya.


Uasin Gishu

Uasin Gishu County, one of the 47 counties in Kenya. Capital: Eldoret.


Longonot

Great Rift Valley
Great Rift Valley#English

A town and mountain nearby (an inactive volcano) in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya.


Kisumu

A city, the third-largest in Kenya, situated on Lake Victoria.

Kisumu County, one of the 47 counties in Kenya, of which the city is the capital.


Tsavo

The Tsavo River, a river in Kenya which forms the Galana River.


Eburru

In the floor of the valley the line passes hills of fantastic shape, like sleeping camels and inverted washbasins, and you can see the beautiful lakes Naivasha and Elementeita; at Eburru jets of steam spurt out of the ground.

1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:

A village in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya.


Kiambu

A large town, the capital of Kiambu County, Kenya.

Kiambu County, one of 47 counties in Kenya.


Makueni

Makueni County, one of 47 counties in Kenya.


Machakos

A town, the capital of Machakos County, Kenya.

Machakos County, one of 47 counties in Kenya.


Changamwe

A suburb of Mombasa, Kenya, located on the Kenyan mainland.


Mombasa Island

An island on the coast of Kenya, which includes part of the city of Mombasa, and is linked to the Kenyan mainland by a causeway.


Nanyuki

A market town in Laikipia County, Kenya.


Laikipia

Laikipia County, one of the 47 counties in Kenya, located on the Equator.


Uplands

An area in Lari Constituency, Kiambu County, Kenya.


Matathia

A settlement in the former Rift Valley province, Kenya.


Nyeri

A large town and county of the same name in central Kenya.