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Nakuru

British  
/ nəˈkuːruː /

noun

  1. a town in W Kenya, on Lake Nakuru: commercial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 264 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Nakuru is one of the most important flamingo feeding lakes in East Africa, historically supporting over one million birds at a time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2024

In Nakuru, the flamingos seemed to be going elsewhere for food because extra water had diluted the nutrients and the cyanobacteria, Githaiga suggested.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 12, 2024

The area is not far from the Lake Nakuru National Park, where the hyena is suspected to have strayed from at night.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

Elizabeth Wairimu, a vegetable vendor in the western Kenya town of Nakuru said so many deaths of athletes in road accidents was shocking.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

When I got to Nakuru, I found the school and walked up to the gate, but I couldn’t bring myself to go in.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

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