Ganda

See also: ganda, and gánda

English

Etymology

From Luganda Omuganda (“Ganda”).

Proper noun

Ganda

1. The Luganda language.

Translations

Luganda — see Luganda

Noun

Ganda (plural Gandas or Ganda)

1. A member of the ethnic group of Uganda who speak the Luganda language.

   Synonyms: (plural) Baganda, (plural) Waganda

   • 2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 394:

     Now Kirabo understood why the Ganda considered the selling of family land an abomination. But then again, after Amin’s regime, which had left the Ganda desperately impoverished, things were changing.

Related terms

• Buganda

Translations

member of ethnic group

• Luganda: Omuganda
• Rwanda-Rundi: Umuganda, Umugande

Anagrams

• Dagan, Adang, Nagda