Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in
East Africa. It is bordered by
Ethiopia to the north,
Somalia to the east,
Tanzania to the south,
Uganda to the west, and
Sudan to the northwest, with the
Indian Ocean running along the southeast
border. The country is named after
Mount Kenya, a very significant landmark,
[1][2] and both were originally usually pronounced ˈkiːnjə
[3] in English although the native pronunciation and the one intended by the original transcription Kenia was ˈkenia.
[4] During the presidency of
Jomo Kenyatta
in the 1960s, the current pronunciation ˈkɛnjə became widespread in
English too because his name was pronounced according to the original
native pronunciation.
[5]
Before 1920, the area now known as Kenya was known as the British East
Africa Protectorate and so there was no need to mention mount when
referring to the mountain
