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Nairobi

[ nahy-roh-bee ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Kenya, in the SW part.


Nairobi

/ Բɪˈəʊɪ /

noun

  1. the capital of Kenya, in the southwest, at an altitude of 1650 m (5500 ft): founded in 1899; became capital in 1905; commercial and industrial centre; the Nairobi National Park (a game reserve) is nearby. Pop: 2 818 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Nairobi

  1. Capital of Kenya and largest city in the country, located in southern Kenya.
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Notes

Nairobi is a center for tourist safaris.
It was the capital of British East Africa — Kenya, Uganda , Tanganyika, and Zanzibar ( see Tanzania ) — from 1905 until the colonies became independent in the early 1960s.
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Dear Daughter podcast is the brainchild of Namulanta Kombo, a mother from Nairobi on a quest to create a "handbook to life" for her daughter, through the advice of parents from all over the world.

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The RSF is working to set up a parallel government in areas it controls, gathering allied groups to sign a political charter and constitution last month in Nairobi.

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Last month, Sudan recalled its ambassador to Kenya in protest against Nairobi's involvement in a "conspiracy to establish a government" for the RSF.

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The man, who has been named as 79-year-old Edgar Charles Frederick, died on Thursday after being struck in the accident on a main road in the capital, Nairobi.

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A court in Nairobi agreed that police could hold the men for 21 days while the investigation into his death continues.

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