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Nairobi - 3 dictionary results

Nai⋅ro⋅bi

[nahy-roh-bee]
–noun
a city in and the capital of Kenya, in the SW part. 650,000.
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.

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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