KENYAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kenyan mean? 

• KENYAN (noun)
  The noun KENYAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Kenya

  Familiarity information: KENYAN used as a noun is very rare.

• KENYAN (adjective)
  The adjective KENYAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Kenya or its people

  Familiarity information: KENYAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KENYAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Kenya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Kenyan" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Kenyan" is a member of...):

Kenya; Republic of Kenya (a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya)

Derivation:

Kenyan (of or relating to or characteristic of Kenya or its people)

• KENYAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Kenya or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Kenyan mountains

Pertainym:

Kenya (a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya)

Derivation:

Kenya (a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya)

Kenyan (a native or inhabitant of Kenya)