Nairobi

See also: Nairóbi

English

Etymology

From Maasai enkare nyrobi (cold water, cold river), the name of the Nairobi river.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /naɪˈɹəʊbi/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /naɪˈɹoʊbi/

Proper noun

Nairobi

  1. 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.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Nairobi

  1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnajrobɪ]

Proper noun

Nairobi n (indeclinable, relational adjective nairobský)

  1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Further reading

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /najroːbi/, [najˈʁoːb̥i]

Proper noun

Nairobi

  1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛ.ʁɔ.bi/ ~ /ne.ʁɔ.bi/, /na.i.ʁɔ.bi/

Proper noun

Nairobi f

  1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Derived terms

  • Nairobien
  • nairobien

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /najˈrɔ.bi/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbi
  • Hyphenation: Nai‧rò‧bi

Proper noun

Nairobi f

  1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.iˈrɔ.bi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbi
  • Syllabification: Na‧i‧ro‧bi

Proper noun

Nairobi n (indeclinable, related adjective najrobijski)

  1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Derived terms

nouns
  • nairobijczyk
  • nairobijka

References

  • Nairobi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /najˈɾɔ.bi/ [naɪ̯ˈɾɔ.bi]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /najˈɾɔ.bi/ [najˈɾɔ.βi]

Proper noun

Nairobi ?

  1. alternative form of Nairóbi

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnajrɔbi]

Proper noun

Nairobi n

  1. Nairobi (the capital of Kenya)

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, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naiˈɾobi/ [nai̯ˈɾo.β̞i]
  • Rhymes: -obi
  • Syllabification: Nai‧ro‧bi

Proper noun

Nairobi ?

  1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nairobi

  1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Swedish

Proper noun

Nairobi n (genitive Nairobis)

  1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)