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KENYAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Kenya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Kenyan" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Kenyan" is a member of...):

Kenya; Republic of Kenya (a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya)

Derivation:

Kenyan (of or relating to or characteristic of Kenya or its people)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Kenya or its people

Example:

Kenyan mountains

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Kenya (a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya)

Derivation:

Kenya (a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya)

Kenyan (a native or inhabitant of Kenya)

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