Uganda

See also: Úganda

English

Uganda

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda), possibly from Proto-Bantu *-ganda (family).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(j)uˈɡændə/, /(j)uˈɡɑːndə/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Welsh: Wganda

Translations

See also

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa; capital: Kampala)

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Uganda ?

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈuɡanda]

Proper noun

Uganda f (related adjective ugandský, demonym Uganďan)

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Further reading

  • Uganda in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Uganda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Uganda in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Proper noun

Uganda n

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

From Swahili Buganda (subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Proper noun

Uganda n

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Uganda
Accusative Uganda
Dative Uganda
Genitive Uganda

Finnish

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuɡɑndɑ/, [ˈuɡɑ̝ndɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -uɡɑndɑ
  • Syllabification(key): U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Uganda (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative Uganda
genitive Ugandan
partitive Ugandaa
illative Ugandaan
singular plural
nominative Uganda
accusative nom. Uganda
gen. Ugandan
genitive Ugandan
partitive Ugandaa
inessive Ugandassa
elative Ugandasta
illative Ugandaan
adessive Ugandalla
ablative Ugandalta
allative Ugandalle
essive Ugandana
translative Ugandaksi
abessive Ugandatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Uganda (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ugandani
accusative nom. Ugandani
gen. Ugandani
genitive Ugandani
partitive Ugandaani
inessive Ugandassani
elative Ugandastani
illative Ugandaani
adessive Ugandallani
ablative Ugandaltani
allative Ugandalleni
essive Ugandanani
translative Ugandakseni
abessive Ugandattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ugandasi
accusative nom. Ugandasi
gen. Ugandasi
genitive Ugandasi
partitive Ugandaasi
inessive Ugandassasi
elative Ugandastasi
illative Ugandaasi
adessive Ugandallasi
ablative Ugandaltasi
allative Ugandallesi
essive Ugandanasi
translative Ugandaksesi
abessive Ugandattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ugandamme
accusative nom. Ugandamme
gen. Ugandamme
genitive Ugandamme
partitive Ugandaamme
inessive Ugandassamme
elative Ugandastamme
illative Ugandaamme
adessive Ugandallamme
ablative Ugandaltamme
allative Ugandallemme
essive Ugandanamme
translative Ugandaksemme
abessive Ugandattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ugandanne
accusative nom. Ugandanne
gen. Ugandanne
genitive Ugandanne
partitive Ugandaanne
inessive Ugandassanne
elative Ugandastanne
illative Ugandaanne
adessive Ugandallanne
ablative Ugandaltanne
allative Ugandallenne
essive Ugandananne
translative Ugandaksenne
abessive Ugandattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Ugandansa
accusative nom. Ugandansa
gen. Ugandansa
genitive Ugandansa
partitive Ugandaansa
inessive Ugandassaan
Ugandassansa
elative Ugandastaan
Ugandastansa
illative Ugandaansa
adessive Ugandallaan
Ugandallansa
ablative Ugandaltaan
Ugandaltansa
allative Ugandalleen
Ugandallensa
essive Ugandanaan
Ugandanansa
translative Ugandakseen
Ugandaksensa
abessive Ugandattaan
Ugandattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

compounds

German

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Uganda n (proper noun, genitive Ugandas or (optionally with an article) Uganda)

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Further reading

  • Uganda” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈuɡɒndɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ugan‧da
  • Rhymes: -dɒ

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Uganda
accusative Ugandát
dative Ugandának
instrumental Ugandával
causal-final Ugandáért
translative Ugandává
terminative Ugandáig
essive-formal Ugandaként
essive-modal
inessive Ugandában
superessive Ugandán
adessive Ugandánál
illative Ugandába
sublative Ugandára
allative Ugandához
elative Ugandából
delative Ugandáról
ablative Ugandától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Ugandáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Ugandáéi
Possessive forms of Uganda
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Ugandám
2nd person sing. Ugandád
3rd person sing. Ugandája
1st person plural Ugandánk
2nd person plural Ugandátok
3rd person plural Ugandájuk

Derived terms

  • ugandai

Irish

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Proper noun

Uganda m

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • Ugandach

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
Uganda nUganda hUganda not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈɡan.da/
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Hyphenation: U‧gàn‧da

Proper noun

Uganda f

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Uganda

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ウガンダ

Latin

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Uganda f sg (genitive Ugandae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Uganda
Genitive Ugandae
Dative Ugandae
Accusative Ugandam
Ablative Ugandā
Vocative Uganda

Latvian

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Proper noun

Uganda f (4th declension)

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Proper noun

Uganda f

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

  • ugandietis m, ugandietė f

Norwegian Bokmål

Flag of Uganda

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Polish

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈɡan.da/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Uganda f

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • ugandyjski
nouns

Further reading

  • Uganda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈɡɐ̃.dɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈɡɐ̃.da/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /uˈɡɐ̃.dɐ/ [uˈɣɐ̃.dɐ]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
  • Hyphenation: U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Uganda m

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Proper noun

Uganda f

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǔɡaːnda/
  • Hyphenation: U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Ùgānda f (Cyrillic spelling У̀га̄нда)

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈuɡanda]

Proper noun

Uganda f (genitive singular Ugandy, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

References

  • Uganda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈɡanda/ [uˈɣ̞ãn̪.d̪a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Uganda ?

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Swahili

Etymology

From Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Uganda ? (genitive Ugandas)

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈɡanda/, [ʔʊˈɣan.dɐ]
  • Hyphenation: U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Uganda (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜄᜈ᜔ᜇ)

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Turkish

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (Buganda, subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (land of the Ganda).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

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