Nairobi
See also: Nairóbi
English
Etymology
From Maasai enkare nyrobi (“cold water, cold river”), the name of the Nairobi river.
Proper noun
Nairobi
- The capital city of Kenya.
- 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:
- 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.
Translations
capital of Kenya
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Anagrams
Afrikaans
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnajrobɪ]
Proper noun
Nairobi n (indeclinable, related adjective nairobský)
- Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)
Further reading
- Nairobi in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /najroːbi/, [najˈʁoːb̥i]
Further reading
Nairobi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛ.ʁɔ.bi/, /ne.ʁɔ.bi/, /na.i.ʁɔ.bi/
Derived terms
- Nairobien
- nairobien
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /najˈrɔ.bi/
- Rhymes: -ɔbi
- Hyphenation: Nai‧rò‧bi
Portuguese
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnajrɔbi]
References
- “Nairobi”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naiˈɾobi/ [nai̯ˈɾo.β̞i]
- Rhymes: -obi
- Syllabification: Nai‧ro‧bi
Swedish
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