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Nairobi

Nairobi

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A city that is the capital of Kenya and a travel and business center in East Africa
  • proper noun
  • /naɪˈroʊbi/
: Nairobi
  • Within two days, the mothers regrouped at the All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi, only one block from Freedom Corner.
  • the city of Nairobi
  • Nairobi, Kenya
  • markets in Nairobi

So let me show you what this looks like on one chicken farm in Nairobi, if you'd start the video.

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Examples

  • In 1985, WHO convened a conference in Nairobi, Kenya, on the rational use of drugs.

    Academic text (1993)
  • As a little girl growing up in a farm just outside of Nairobi, Kenya, I spent a lot of time wondering about the world outside.

  • I used to work as the director of the World Bank office in Nairobi for for East Africa.

  • What if I come and visit you in Nairobi?

  • I was a registered nurse at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi.

  • Leaders from across Africa met in Nairobi in 1982 to organize a new campaign after the end of JP15.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Dr. De Cock is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya in Nairobi, Kenya.

    Academic text (2013)
  • I'm travelling to Nairobi.

  • Narrator 2: Clo picks Jane up in Nairobi and begins driving to her family's farm.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • When I traveled to East Africa, I spent three amazing days exploring Nairobi, the bustling capital of Kenya.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Nairobi comes from a Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi meaning 'cool water', named for the river and springs in the area that people used as a watering place. So imagine the city as the 'place of cool water' where travellers met and watered their animals, a meeting spot that later grew into Kenya's capital and a busy hub for travel and trade.