Rwanda
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Rwanda
English
Etymology
From Rwanda-Rundi u Rwanda from the archaic verb -anda (“to expand”). Compare Zulu anda (“to multiply”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹuˈændə/, /ɹəˈwændə/, /ɹəˈwɒndə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɹuˈɑndə/, /ɹəˈwɑndə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Rwanda
- A country in East Africa.
- The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.
- Synonym: Kinyarwanda
- The genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994.
- 2004, Stuart Beattie, Collateral, DreamWorks Pictures:
- VINCENT: Have you ever heard of Rwanda?
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
country
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language — see Kinyarwanda
See also
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Further reading
Rwanda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Ethnologue entry for Rwanda, kin
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Rwanda
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa; capital: Kigali)
Derived terms
Catalan
Proper noun
Rwanda ?
- Alternative spelling of Ruanda: Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rwanda f (related adjective rwandský, demonym Rwanďan)
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
Further reading
- Rwanda in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Rwanda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- Rwanda in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Rwanda n
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rwanda m
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Rwanda
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Rwanda
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
Polish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rwanda f
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
Declension of Rwanda
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- Rwanda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Rwanda-Rundi
Noun
Rwānda class 9 (or class 11)
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
Descendants
See Rwanda § Translations
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun
Rwanda
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rwanda n (genitive Rwandas)
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
Welsh
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rwanda f (not mutable)
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
Coordinate terms
- (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Africa, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Derived terms
- Gweriniaeth Rwanda (“Republic of Rwanda”)