"Kenya" meaning in Swahili

See Kenya in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kɛ.ɲɑ/ [Kenya] Audio: Sw-ke-Kenya.flac
Head templates: {{head|sw|proper noun}} Kenya
  1. Kenya (a country in East Africa) Wikipedia link: sw:Kenya Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Africa, Kenya Synonyms: Jamhuri ya Kenya Derived forms: Mkenya
    Sense id: en-Kenya-sw-name-Ow-LmTse Categories (other): Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Related terms: Afrika Kusini, Algeria Kenya Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Chad Kenya Chadi, Cote d'Ivoire Kenya Kodivaa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uhabeshi Kenya Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bisau Kenya Guinea-Bisau Kenya Ginebisau, Guinea ya Ikweta Kenya Ginekweta, Guinea Kenya Gine Kenya Gini, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa, Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville, Jibuti Kenya Djibouti, Kamerun Kenya Cameroon Kenya Kameruni, Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska, Bukini, Malawi, Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Misri, Umisri, Morisi, Moroko Kenya Maroko, Msumbiji, Mozambik, Mtakatifu Helena, Namibia, Niger Kenya Nijeri, Nigeria Kenya Nijeria Kenya Naijeria, Rwanda Kenya Ruanda, Réunion, Sahara ya Magharibi, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal Kenya Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan Kusini, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uswazi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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          "word": "Togo"
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