NAIROBI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nairobi mean? 

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

1. the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAIROBI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Kenya; Nairobi

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Nairobi" is a part 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)