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 (UK):(file)
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒndə, -ændə

Proper noun

Rwanda

  2. A country in East Africa.
    • 2025 May 5, “Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says”, in Reuters‎[1]:
      The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) warned there was a risk some migrants sent to Rwanda could be returned to countries from which they had fled. Kigali denied the allegations and accused UNHCR of lying.
  4. The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.
    Synonym: Kinyarwanda
  5. 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

  • Countries of the world
countries in Africa (appendix)edit

Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(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 (relational adjective rwandský, demonym Rwanďan)

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Declension of Rwanda (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Rwanda
genitive Rwandy
dative Rwandě
accusative Rwandu
vocative Rwando
locative Rwandě
instrumental Rwandou

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(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/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: Rwan‧da

Proper noun

Rwanda f (related adjective rwandyjski)

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Declension of Rwanda
singular
nominative Rwanda
genitive Rwandy
dative Rwandzie
accusative Rwandę
instrumental Rwandą
locative Rwandzie
vocative Rwando

Derived terms

nouns
  • Rwandyjczyk
  • Rwandyjka

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

Further reading

  • Rwanda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rwanda-Rundi

Proper noun

Rwānda class 9 (or class 11)

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Descendants

See Rwanda § Translations

Swahili

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²rvanda/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Rwanda n (genitive Rwandas)

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

References

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Rwanda f (not mutable)

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Coordinate terms

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

Derived terms

  • Gweriniaeth Rwanda (“Republic of Rwanda”)
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