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REPUBLIC OF KENYA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Kenya; Republic of Kenya
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Kenya"):
capital of Kenya; Nairobi (the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris)
Kisumu (a port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria; fishing and trading center)
Mombasa (a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean)
Nakuru (a city in western Kenya; commercial center of an agricultural region)
Meronyms (members of "Republic of Kenya"):
Kenyan (a native or inhabitant of Kenya)
Holonyms ("Republic of Kenya" is a part of...):
East Africa (a geographical area in eastern Africa)
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
