English
Etymology
From Rwanda + -an.
Noun
Rwandan (plural Rwandans)
- A person from Rwanda or of Rwandan descent.
2021 April 13, Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, “The gleaming city that emerged from turmoil in the heart of Africa”, in CNN[1]:But for so many, this city remains tied to the genocide, which saw between 800,000 and one million Rwandans murdered in a brutal tribal conflict in 1994.
Hypernyms
Translations
a person from Rwanda or of Rwandan descent
- Afrikaans: Rwandees
- Catalan: ruandès (ca) m
- Czech: Rwanďan (cs) m, Rwanďanka (cs) f
- Dutch: Rwandees (nl) m, Rwandese (nl) f
- Esperanto: ruandano (man or woman), ruandanino (woman)
- Finnish: ruandalainen (fi)
- French: Rwandais (fr) m, Rouandais (fr) m
- Galician: ruandés m
- German: Ruander (de) m, Ruanderin (de) f
- Italian: ruandese (it) m or f
- Macedonian: Руанѓанец m (Ruanǵanec), Руанѓанка f (Ruanǵanka)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: rwander (no) m
- Nynorsk: rwandar (nn) m, rwandar (nn) m
- Portuguese: ruandês (pt) m
- Romanian: ruandez (ro) m, ruandeză (ro) f
- Russian: руанди́ец (ru) m (ruandíjec), руанди́йка f (ruandíjka)
- Spanish: ruandés (es) m
- Swahili: Mnyarwanda (sw), Mrwanda
- Swedish: rwandier (sv) c
- Turkish: Ruandalı (tr)
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Adjective
Rwandan (comparative more Rwandan, superlative most Rwandan)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Rwanda, the Rwandan people or language.
2021 April 13, Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, “The gleaming city that emerged from turmoil in the heart of Africa”, in CNN[2]:This is known as Umuganda, which translates as “coming together in common purpose.” It’s an old Rwandan concept, which was officially revived in its current, compulsory form in 2009.
2025 May 5, “Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says”, in Reuters[3]:Rwanda is in the early stages of talks to receive immigrants deported from the United States, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said on television late on Sunday.
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Rwanda, the Rwandan people or language
Proper noun
Rwandan
- Kinyarwanda
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