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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