Rwanda

English

Etymology

From Rwanda-Rundi u Rwanda from the archaic verb -anda (to expand). Compare Zulu anda (to multiply).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹuːˈændə/, /ɹəˈwændə/, /ɹəˈwɒndə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹuˈɑndə/, /ɹəˈwɑndə/
  • (file)

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 Africa)

Catalan

Proper noun

Rwanda ?

  1. Alternative spelling of Ruanda

Czech

Proper noun

Rwanda f

  1. Rwanda (a country in Africa)

Further reading

  • Rwanda in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Rwanda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Rwanda n

  1. Rwanda (a country in Africa)

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁwɑ̃.da/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Rwanda m

  1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda (a country in Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda (a country in Africa)

Polish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Rwanda f

  1. Rwanda (a country in Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • Rwandyjczyk
  • Rwandyjka

Further reading

  • Rwanda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Rwanda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rwanda-Rundi

Noun

Rwānda class 9 (or class 11)

  1. Rwanda (a country in Africa)

Descendants

See Rwanda § Translations


Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda (a country in Africa)

See also


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²rvanda/

Proper noun

Rwanda n (genitive Rwandas)

  1. Rwanda (a country in Africa)

Welsh

Proper noun

Rwanda f (not mutable)

  1. Rwanda (a country in Africa)

Derived terms

  • Gweriniaeth Rwanda (Republic of Rwanda)
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