Nairobi

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 (UK)

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /naɪˈɹoʊbi/

Proper noun

Nairobi

1. The capital city of Kenya.

Translations

capital of Kenya

Amharic: ናይሮቢ (nayrobi) Arabic: نَيْرُوبِي‎ f (nayrūbī) Armenian: Նայրոբի (Nayrobi) Bengali: নাইরোবি (nairobi) Catalan: Nairobi Chinese: Mandarin: 內羅畢／内罗毕 (zh) (Nèiluóbì) Danish: Nairobi Dutch: Nairobi (nl) n Finnish: Nairobi (fi) French: Nairobi (fr) German: Nairobi (de) n Greek: Ναϊρόμπι (el) (Naïrómpi) Hebrew: ניירובי \\ נַיְרוֹבִּי‎ f (nairobi) Hindi: नायरोबी (nāyrobī), नाइरोबी (nāirobī) Italian: Nairobi (it) f Japanese: ナイロビ (Nairobi) Kannada: ನೈರೋಬಿ (nairōbi) Khmer: ណៃរ៉ូប៊ី (km) (nayroubii) Korean: 나이로비 (ko) (Nairobi) Maltese: Najrobi Navajo: Naiwóobii Occitan: Nairòbi (oc) Persian: نایروبی‎ (nâyrubi) Portuguese: Nairóbi (pt) f, Nairobi f Russian: Найро́би (ru) m (Najróbi) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Најроби m Roman: Najrobi m Spanish: Nairobi (es) m Swahili: Nairobi (sw) Swedish: Nairobi (sv) n Thai: ไนโรบี (nai-roo-bii) Tibetan: ནའི་རོ་བི། (na'i ro bi) Vietnamese: Nai-rô-bi

Anagrams

• robinia

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /najroːbi/, [najˈʁoːb̥i]

Proper noun

Nairobi

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Further reading

• Nairobi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nairobi f

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

Anagrams

• barioni, binario, brionia

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Nairóbi

Pronunciation

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

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

Proper noun

Nairobi f

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnajrobi]

Proper noun

Nairobi n

1. Nairobi (the capital of Kenya)

References

• Nairobi in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nairobi ?

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Proper noun

Nairobi

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)

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Swedish

Proper noun

Nairobi n (genitive Nairobis)

1. Nairobi (the capital city of Kenya)