Rwanda
English edit
Etymology edit
From Rwanda-Rundi u Rwanda from the archaic verb -anda (“to expand”). Compare Zulu anda (“to multiply”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹuˈændə/, /ɹəˈwændə/, /ɹəˈwɒndə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɹuˈɑndə/, /ɹəˈwɑndə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒndə, -ændə
Proper noun edit
Rwanda
- A country in East Africa.
- The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.
- Synonym: Kinyarwanda
- The genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994.
- 2004, Stuart Beattie, Collateral, DreamWorks Pictures:
- VINCENT: Have you ever heard of Rwanda?
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country
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language — see Kinyarwanda
See also edit
- 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]
Further reading edit
- Rwanda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ethnologue entry for Rwanda, kin
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Rwanda
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa; capital: Kigali)
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Rwanda ?
- Alternative spelling of Ruanda: Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
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Rwanda f (related adjective rwandský, demonym Rwanďan)
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
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Rwanda n
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
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Rwanda m
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Rwanda
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
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Rwanda
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
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Polish edit
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Rwanda f
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
Declension edit
Declension of Rwanda
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adjective
nouns
Further reading edit
- Rwanda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Rwanda-Rundi edit
Noun edit
Rwānda class 9 (or class 11)
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
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Descendants edit
See Rwanda § Translations
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
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Rwanda
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
See also edit
- (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]
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Rwanda n (genitive Rwandas)
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
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Rwanda f (not mutable)
- Rwanda (a country in East Africa)
Coordinate terms edit
- (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Africa, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Derived terms edit
- Gweriniaeth Rwanda (“Republic of Rwanda”)