African nation

The answer

KENYA

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KENYA answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• CHAD (43 uses in xd)
• TOGO (34 uses in xd)
• GHANA (28 uses in xd)
• MALI (23 uses in xd)
• NIGER (14 uses in xd)

Other clues for KENYA

Every other clue in this collection answered by KENYA, most used first.

• Nairobi's nation - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Nairobi's land - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Nairobi's country - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Its capital is Nairobi - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Nairobi is its capital - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Tanzania neighbor - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Mombasa's country - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Out of Africa" setting - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Uganda neighbor - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Born Free" setting - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Home of Barack Obama's father - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• African antelope - ELAND, used 189 times
• African language group - BANTU, used 78 times
• North African capital - TUNIS, used 55 times
• African antelope - ORIBI, used 53 times
• African lilies - ALOES, used 39 times
• Island nation near Sicily - MALTA, used 36 times

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