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nounChonyi (plural Chonyi)
- 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
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Chonyi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chonyi
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“Chonyi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chonyi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chonyi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chonyi.
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