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Nairobi

nai·robi

UK/naɪˈɹəʊbi/ US/naɪˈɹəʊbi/ uncommon

noun

1.

the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris

Origin

From Maasai enkare nyrobi (“cold water, cold river”), the name of the Nairobi river.

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