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Chonyi

Chonyi noun: a member of the Chonyi People, a tribe on the coast of Kenya.

Noun

Chonyi (plural Chonyi)

  1. A member of the Chonyi People, a tribe on the coast of Kenya.
    • A man washes clothes in the Chasimba area. Perched a few hundred feet above the Indian Ocean, Chasimba’s hills are home to about 20,000 people, most from the Chonyi community.2025 September 19, Sarah Hurtes, Mohamed Ahmed, “How Kenyan Villagers Saved Their Sacred Caves From a Mining Company”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2025

Forms of Chonyi

pluralChonyi

Questions about Chonyi

What does Chonyi mean?
Chonyi means a member of the Chonyi People, a tribe on the coast of Kenya.
What part of speech is Chonyi?
Chonyi is a noun.
What is the plural of Chonyi?
The plural of Chonyi is Chonyi.

Words near Chonyi in the dictionary

  1. Chontal
  2. Chontales
  3. Chontals
  4. Chontaquiro
  5. chontas
  6. Chonyi
  7. choo
  8. choo choo
  9. choo choo train
  10. choo choo trains
  11. choo choos

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