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NAIROBI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nairobi mean?
• NAIROBI (noun)
The noun NAIROBI has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris
Familiarity information: NAIROBI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Kenya; Nairobi
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Nairobi" is a part 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)
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