"Kalenjin" meaning in English

See Kalenjin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kalenjin
  1. The Nilotic language spoken by this group. Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Kalenjin-en-name-Z9SxBG-O Disambiguation of Languages: 63 37

Noun

Forms: Kalenjins [plural], Kalenjin [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Kalenjin}} Kalenjin (plural Kalenjins or Kalenjin)
  1. A member of an ethnic group of Nilotic origin living in the Great Rift Valley in western Kenya and eastern Uganda. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms
    Sense id: en-Kalenjin-en-noun-Qy9iR7H2 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 24 76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67

Inflected forms

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