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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Uganda + -an.
Noun
Ugandan (plural Ugandans)
- A person from Uganda or of Ugandan descent.
Hypernyms
Translations
person from Uganda or of Ugandan descent
- Afrikaans: Ugandees
- Asturian: ugandés (ast) m, ugandesa (ast) f
- Catalan: ugandès (ca) m, ugandesa (ca) f
- Czech: Uganďan (cs) m
- Dutch: Oegandees (nl) m, Oegandese (nl) f, Ugandees (nl) m, Ugandese (nl) f
- Esperanto: ugandano (male or female), ugandanino (woman)
- Finnish: ugandalainen (fi)
- French: Ougandais (fr) m, Ougandaise (fr) f, Ougandien m (rare), Ougandienne f (rare)
- Galician: ugandés (gl) m, ugandesa f
- German: Ugander (de) m, Uganderin (de) f
- Irish: Ugandach m
- Italian: ugandese (it) m or f
- Macedonian: Угандиец m (Ugandiec), Угандијка f (Ugandijka)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ugander (no) m
- Nynorsk: ugandar (nn) m
- Polish: Ugandyjczyk (pl) m, Ugandyjka (pl) f
- Portuguese: ugandense (pt) m or f
- Russian: уганди́ец (ru) m (ugandíjec), уганди́йка (ru) f (ugandíjka)
- Spanish: ugandés (es) m, ugandesa (es) f
- Swahili: Mganda (sw) (class 1/2)
- Swedish: ugandier (sv) c
- Turkish: Ugandalı (tr)
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Adjective
Ugandan (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Uganda, the Ugandan people or the Ugandan language.
Derived terms
Translations
Of, from, or pertaining to Uganda, the Ugandan people or the Ugandan language
Etymology 2
Back-formation from Ugandan discussions.
Adjective
Ugandan (not comparable)
- (UK, informal, euphemistic) Sexual, highlights a double entendre.
1975, Private Eye, numbers 340–366, page 161:Margaret, Duchess of Argyll...depicts this charming old gentleman, who often kisses young girls outside Annabel's, as a narrow-minded, boring Ugandan expert.
1975, Private Eye, numbers 340–366, page 198:Eight ladies with Ugandan associations had ascended the fire escape and were making their way through his room.
1998 August 19, Peter Dewhirst, “Dewey's Monday update for 3rd August.”, in rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st (Usenet):They have a bit of a 'how was it for you' session referring to the night and/or evening before, and we are left not knowing whether they enjoyed Ugandan Relations between the sheets or not.
2000 January 25, Baz, “Any birds want a good seeing to?”, in uk.local.birmingham (Usenet):I'm in serious need of some ugandan activities. Any of you birds out there at a loose end and want to get the dirty water off your chest?
2001, Gerald Seymour, The Untouchables, →ISBN, page 345:Serif's question: where is Mister? The Eagle's answer: engaged in Ugandan practices.
2013 April 8, Lord Powell, “The Margaret Thatcher I knew”, in The Guardian:I recall her once snatching a copy of the hated Private Eye, in which I'd been reading about the Ugandan activities of a prominent member of her party.
2015, Rotten Boroughs, “Going for the Burn”, in Private Eye, number 1407:Jones denied last week that he was in a Ugandan situation with Morris, but did say "I am very fond of anyone who helps me lose six and a half stone..."
See also
Anagrams
Finnish
Proper noun
Ugandan
- genitive singular of Uganda