Rwanda

English

Rwanda

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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒndə, -ændə

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. A country in East Africa.
  2. The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.
    Synonym: Kinyarwanda
  3. 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

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa; capital: Kigali)

Derived terms

Catalan

Proper noun

Rwanda ?

  1. Alternative spelling of Ruanda: Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrvanda]

Proper noun

Rwanda f (related adjective rwandský, demonym Rwanďan)

  1. 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

  • (file)

Proper noun

Rwanda n

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁwɑ̃.da/

Proper noun

Rwanda m

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Polish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrvan.da/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: Rwan‧da

Proper noun

Rwanda f

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • Rwandyjczyk
  • Rwandyjka

Further reading

  • Rwanda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rwanda-Rundi

Noun

Rwānda class 9 (or class 11)

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Descendants

See Rwanda § Translations

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

See also

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²rvanda/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Rwanda n (genitive Rwandas)

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rʊ.ˈanda/
  • Rhymes: -anda

Proper noun

Rwanda f (not mutable)

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • Gweriniaeth Rwanda (Republic of Rwanda)
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