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Nai⋅ro⋅bi
[nahy-roh-bee] 
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–noun
| a city in and the capital of Kenya, in the SW part. 650,000. |
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| Nai·ro·bi (nī-rō'bē) The capital and largest city of Kenya, in the south-central part of the country. Founded in 1899, it became the seat of government for British East Africa in 1905 and capital of independent Kenya in 1963. Population: 2,750,000. |
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Nairobi [(neye-roh-bee)]
Capital of Kenya and largest city in the country, located in southern Kenya.
Note: 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.
Note: Nairobi is a center for tourist safaris.
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