Kenya

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.
    — The object of the builders was to push on to Uganda as quickly as possible; one result was that Kenya was "discovered" on the way.

词源

From the name of Mount Kenya, about which several theories exist, including
* from Kikuyu kere nyaga (“white mountain”) (because it is snow-capped)
* from Kamba kii nyaa (“ostrich mountain”)
* from Kikuyu kĩrĩma (“mountain”)
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