"Nairobi" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /naɪˈɹəʊbi/ [UK], /naɪˈɹoʊbi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nairobi.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Maasai enkare nyrobi (“cold water, cold river”), the name of the Nairobi river. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mas||enkare nyrobi|cold water, cold river}} Maasai enkare nyrobi (“cold water, cold river”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nairobi
  1. The capital city of Kenya. Wikipedia link: Nairobi Categories (place): Cities in Kenya, National capitals, Places in Kenya Derived forms: Nairobi disease, Nairobi fly, Nairobi grass rat, Nairobi sheep disease Translations (capital of Kenya): Nairobi (Afrikaans), ናይሮቢ (nayrobi) (Amharic), نَيْرُوبِي (nayrūbī) [feminine] (Arabic), Նայրոբի (Nayrobi) (Armenian), নাইরোবি (nairōbi) (Bengali), Nairobi (Catalan), 內羅畢 (Chinese Mandarin), 内罗毕 (Nèiluóbì) (Chinese Mandarin), Nairobi [neuter] (Czech), Nairobi (Danish), Nairobi [neuter] (Dutch), Najrobio (Esperanto), Nairobi (Finnish), Nairobi (French), Nairobi [neuter] (German), Ναϊρόμπι (Naïrómpi) (Greek), ניירובי \ נַיְרוֹבִּי (nairobi) [feminine] (Hebrew), नायरोबी (nāyrobī) (Hindi), नाइरोबी (nāirobī) (Hindi), Nairobi [feminine] (Italian), ナイロビ (english: Nairobi) (Japanese), ನೈರೋಬಿ (nairōbi) (Kannada), ណៃរ៉ូប៊ី (nayroubii) (Khmer), 나이로비 (english: Nairobi) (Korean), Najrobi (Maltese), Naiwóobii (Navajo), Nairòbi (Occitan), نایروبی (nâyrubi) (Persian), Nairóbi (Portuguese), Найро́би (Najróbi) [masculine] (Russian), Најроби [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Najrobi [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Nairobi [masculine] (Spanish), Nairobi (Swahili), Nairobi [neuter] (Swedish), ไนโรบี (nai-roo-bii) (Thai), ནའི་རོ་བི། (na'i ro bi) (Tibetan), Nai-rô-bi (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capital of Kenya",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nairobi"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nai-roo-bii",
      "sense": "capital of Kenya",
      "word": "ไนโรบี"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "na'i ro bi",
      "sense": "capital of Kenya",
      "word": "ནའི་རོ་བི།"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "capital of Kenya",
      "word": "Nai-rô-bi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nairobi"
}

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