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Nairobi
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Nairóbi
English
Etymology
From en mas enkare nyrobi cold water, cold river, the name of the Nairobi river.
Pronunciation
en /naɪˈɹəʊbi/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nairobi.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Zazollo-Nairobi2.wav GA
en /naɪˈɹəʊbi/ US
Proper noun
en Q3870en capital city c/Kenya.
en 1950 April Timothy H. Cobb The Kenya-Uganda Railway Railway Magazine 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.
en metonym The Kenyan government.
Derived terms
en Nairoberry Nairobian Nairobi fly Nairobi grass rat Nairobi disease Nairobi sheep disease
Translations
capital of Kenya
Afrikaans: af Nairobi
Amharic: am ናይሮቢ
Arabic: ar نَيْرُوبِي f
Armenian: hy Նայրոբի
Asturian: ast Nairobi
Bengali: bn নাইরোবি
Catalan: ca Nairobi
Cherokee: chr ᎾᏱᎶᏈ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 內羅畢 Nèiluóbì
Czech: cs Nairobi n
Danish: da Nairobi
Dutch: nl Nairobi n
Esperanto: eo Najrobio
Finnish: fi Nairobi
French: fr Nairobi
German: de Nairobi n
Greek: el Ναϊρόμπι
Hebrew: he ניירובי f ניירובי \ נַיְרוֹבִּי nairobi
Hindi: hi नैरोबी
Italian: it Nairobi f
Japanese: ja ナイロビ Nairobi
Kannada: kn ನೈರೋಬಿ
Khmer: km ណៃរ៉ូប៊ី
Korean: ko ^나이로비
Maltese: mt Najrobi
Occitan: oc Nairòbi
Persian: fa نایروبی nâyrubi
Polish: pl Nairobi n
Portuguese: pt Nairóbi
Russian: ru Найро́би m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Најроби m
Latin: sh Najrobi m
Spanish: es Nairobi m
Swahili: sw Nairobi
Swedish: sv Nairobi n
Thai: th ไนโรบี
Tibetan: bo ནའི་རོ་བི།
Vietnamese: vi Nai-rô-bi
Anagrams
en abiinor robinia
Afrikaans
af:
Proper noun
af capital city c/Kenya Nairobi
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Najrobi
Proper noun
n 1 nairobský
cs capital city c/Kenya Nairobi
Further reading
Danish
Pronunciation
da /najroːbi/ [najˈʁoːb̥i]
Proper noun
da proper noun
da capital city c/Kenya Nairobi
Further reading
da
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
From nl en Nairobi, ultimately from nl mas enkare nyrobi.
Pronunciation
nl /nɑjˈroː.bi/
nl Nl-Nairobi.ogg
nl Nai ro bi
Proper noun
n
nl capital city c/Kenya Nairobi
Related terms
nl Nairobisch adjective
French
fr:
Pronunciation
+ [ai:aï]
Proper noun
f
fr capital city c/Kenya Nairobi
Derived terms
fr Nairobien nairobien
Italian
it:
Pronunciation
Nairòbi
Proper noun
f
it capital city c/Kenya Nairobi
Anagrams
it abiinor barioni binario brionia
Polish
pl:
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Nairobi.wav
Proper noun
n yes najrobijski
pl capital city c/Kenya Nairobi
Derived terms
pl nouns nairobijczyk nairobijka
References
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Nairóbi
Proper noun
pt Nairóbi
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
najrobi
Proper noun
n
sk capital c/Kenya Nairobi
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
es capital city c/Kenya Nairobi
Swahili
sw:
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Nairobi.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw capital city c/Kenya Nairobi
Swedish
sv:
Proper noun
n
sv capital city c/Kenya Nairobi