Uganda
English
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”), from Proto-Bantu *-ganda (“family”). Cf Kinyarwanda: umuganda (“coming together in common purpose, unity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(j)uˈɡændə/, /(j)uˈɡɑːndə/
Audio (UK) (file)
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Catalan
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
Central Nahuatl
Czech
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈuɡanda]
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Derived terms
- Ugandees
- Ugandese
Faroese
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/, [ˈuɡɑndɑ]
- Rhymes: -uɡɑndɑ
- Syllabification(key): U‧gan‧da
Declension
Inflection of Uganda (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Ugandatta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Uganda (type katiska) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Ugandani | Ugandamme |
2nd person | Ugandasi | Ugandanne |
3rd person | Ugandansa |
German
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Uganda n (proper noun, genitive Ugandas or (optionally with an article) Uganda)
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Hungarian
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈuɡɒndɒ]
- Hyphenation: Ugan‧da
- Rhymes: -dɒ
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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”).
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Ugandach
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with 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
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uˈɡan.da/, [ʊˈɡän̪d̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈɡan.da/, [uˈɡän̪d̪ä]
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”).
Declension
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Uganda | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Ugandu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Ugandas | — |
dative (datīvs) | Ugandai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Ugandu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Ugandā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Uganda | — |
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Declension
nominative | Uganda |
---|---|
genitive | Ugandos |
dative | Ugandai |
accusative | Ugandą |
instrumental | Uganda |
locative | Ugandoje |
vocative | Uganda |
Related terms
- ugandietis m, ugandietė f
Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈɡan.da/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -anda
- Syllabification: U‧gan‧da
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǔɡaːnda/
- Hyphenation: U‧gan‧da
Declension
singular | |
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nominative | Uganda |
genitive | Ugande |
dative | Ugandi |
accusative | Ugandu |
vocative | Ugando |
locative | Ugandi |
instrumental | Ugandom |
Slovak
Etymology
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)
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
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Derived terms
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: U‧gan‧da
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈɡanda/, [ʔʊˈɣan.dɐ]
Turkish
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Declension
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Uganda'm | Ugandalarım / Uganda'larım |
senin (your) | Uganda'n | Ugandaların / Uganda'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Uganda'sı | Ugandaları / Uganda'ları |
bizim (our) | Uganda'mız | Ugandalarımız / Uganda'larımız |
sizin (your) | Uganda'nız | Ugandalarınız / Uganda'larınız |
onların (their) | Uganda'sı / Ugandaları / Uganda'ları | Ugandaları / Uganda'ları |
Derived terms
See also
- (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve (Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]