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“Mountain of whiteness”

Kenya from the name of the African country. The country is named for Mount Kenya, which in the Kikuyu language is called Kere Nyaga meaning "mountain of whiteness". It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 1960s.

EnglishAfrican American2 syllables · /ˈkɛn.jə/

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