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Kenyan, n. and a.|ˈkɛnjən, ˈkiːnjən|
[f. Kenya + -an.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Kenya.
1938T. W. Wallbank in Jrnl. R. Afr. Soc. Suppl. Apr. 20 Perhaps a more immediate and vital problem concerns the character of the young, native-born Kenyan. 1960Daily Tel. 21 Jan. 10/3 Moderate Kenyans can regard the claims of the African group only with distrust. 1969Listener 8 May 634/3 This week a number of Asian Kenyans, holders of British passports, are due to arrive in Britain without work permits. 1971Sunday Nation (Nairobi) 11 Apr. 8/5 We must, as Wa Kataka says, try to encourage self-analysis as part of our national political ethic, and the best people, nay the people best qualified to do this, are Kenyans themselves. 1972Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 2/8 The bank clerk, Rajendrakumar Thakrar, a Kenyan, who lived in Clovelly Road, Southampton, was said to be a ‘happy man’ until a month ago.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Kenya or its people. Kenyan Asian, an Asian, esp. one from India or Pakistan, resident, or formerly resident, in Kenya.
1946R. Capell Simiomata i. 14 Kenyan gossip in the Aegean. 1960Guardian 22 Apr. 6/5 Ex-Mau-Mau members..padded through the Kenyan forests. 1962Times 23 Aug. 11/1 Tony, the epitome of all the New Kenyan morality must destroy. 1968Times 13 Feb. 9/1 That so many Kenyan Asians are now claiming their legal right of entry to Britain is embarrassing. 1968Guardian 5 Sept. 18/8 The settler farmers who opted for Kenyan citizenship. 1970Ibid. 24 Mar. 11/3 Europe's airport lounges are still littered with passportless Kenyan Asians. 1972Ibid. 26 June 6/5 What have Ulster Catholics, Russian Jews and Kenyan Asians in common? They are all members of underprivileged minorities. |