Nairobi

Common synonyms include: administrative region, capital city of kenya, county, kenya's capital, kenyan capital, municipality.

/naɪˈɹəʊbi/ name

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The capital city of Kenya.
"By 1899 the railhead had reached the further edge of the Athi Plain at mile 315, and halted while the survey parties went ahead, and a supply base was established at the foot of the hills. This spot has become Nairobi."

"At least four were killed in the explosion of a car bomb outside a police station in the capital, Nairobi."

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