Rwandan

English

Etymology

From Rwanda +‎ -an.

Noun

Rwandan (plural Rwandans)

1. A person from Rwanda or of Rwandan descent.

Hypernyms

• sub-Saharan, African

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)

Adjective

Rwandan (comparative more Rwandan, superlative most Rwandan)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Rwanda, the Rwandan people or language.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Rwanda, the Rwandan people or language

• Afrikaans: Rwandees
• Czech: rwandský (cs) m
• Dutch: Rwandees (nl)
• Finnish: ruandalainen (fi)
• French: rwandais (fr) m, rouandais (fr) m
• Galician: ruandés
• German: ruandisch (de)
• Italian: ruandese (it)
• Macedonian: руандски (ruandski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rwandisk (no)

  Nynorsk: rwandisk (nn)

• Polish: rwandyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: ruandês (pt)
• Romanian: ruandez (ro)
• Russian: руанди́йский (ru) (ruandíjskij)
• Spanish: ruandés (es)
• Swahili: Kinyarwanda
• Ukrainian: руанді́йський (ruandíjsʹkyj)

Proper noun

Rwandan

1. Kinyarwanda

Translations

the language — see Kinyarwanda

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Rwandan, kin ⁠