indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Settlement & River
Usage English (British), English (American), Danish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish
Scripts ניירובי(Hebrew) ナイロビ(Japanese Katakana) 나이로비(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced Pron. nie-RO-bee(British English, American English, Danish) NEH-RAW-BEE(French) NIE-RO-BEE(French, Korean) nie-RAW-bee(Italian, Brazilian Portuguese) NIE-RO-BYEE(Japanese) NIE-ro-bee(Slovak) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
From Maasai enkare nyrobi, which means "cold water" or "cold river". This is the name of a river and the capital city of Kenya.