Ugandan

See also: Uganďan

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /juːˈɡændən/, /jʊ-/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /juˈɡændən/
• Hyphenation: Ugand‧an

Etymology 1

From Uganda +‎ -an.

Noun

Ugandan (plural Ugandans)

1. A person from Uganda or of Ugandan descent.

Hypernyms

• sub-Saharan, African

Translations

person from Uganda or of Ugandan descent

• Afrikaans: Ugandees
• Asturian: ugandés (ast) m, ugandesa (ast) f
• Catalan: ugandès (ca) m, ugandesa (ca) f
• Czech: Uganďan (cs) m
• Dutch: Oegandees (nl) m, Oegandese (nl) f, Ugandees (nl) m, Ugandese (nl) f
• Esperanto: ugandano (male or female), ugandanino (woman)
• Finnish: ugandalainen (fi)
• French: Ougandais (fr) m, Ougandaise (fr) f, Ougandien m (rare), Ougandienne f (rare)
• Galician: ugandés (gl) m, ugandesa f
• German: Ugander (de) m, Uganderin (de) f
• Irish: Ugandach m
• Italian: ugandese (it) m or f
• Macedonian: Угандиец m (Ugandiec), Угандијка f (Ugandijka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ugander (no) m

  Nynorsk: ugandar (nn) m

• Polish: Ugandyjczyk (pl) m, Ugandyjka (pl) f
• Portuguese: ugandense (pt) m or f
• Russian: уганди́ец (ru) m (ugandíjec), уганди́йка (ru) f (ugandíjka)
• Spanish: ugandés (es) m, ugandesa (es) f
• Swahili: Mganda (sw) (class 1/2)
• Swedish: ugandier (sv) c
• Turkish: Ugandalı (tr)

Adjective

Ugandan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Uganda, the Ugandan people or the Ugandan language.

Derived terms

• Ugandan affairs
• Ugandan discussions
• Ugandan English
• Ugandan giraffe

Translations

Of, from, or pertaining to Uganda, the Ugandan people or the Ugandan language

• Afrikaans: Ugandees
• Czech: ugandský (cs)
• Dutch: Oegandees (nl), Ugandees (nl)
• Finnish: ugandalainen (fi)
• French: ougandais (fr), ougandien m (rare)
• Galician: ugandés (gl)
• German: ugandisch (de)
• Irish: Ugandach
• Italian: ugandese (it)
• Macedonian: угандски (ugandski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ugandisk

  Nynorsk: ugandisk (nn)

• Polish: ugandyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: ugandense (pt)
• Russian: уганди́йский (ru) (ugandíjskij)
• Spanish: ugandés (es)
• Swahili: Kiganda
• Swedish: ugandisk (sv)
• Turkish: Uganda (tr)
• Ukrainian: уганді́йський (uhandíjsʹkyj)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from Ugandan discussions.

Adjective

Ugandan (not comparable)

1. (UK, informal, euphemistic) Sexual, highlights a double entendre.
   • 1975, Private Eye, numbers 340–366, page 161:

     Margaret, Duchess of Argyll...depicts this charming old gentleman, who often kisses young girls outside Annabel's, as a narrow-minded, boring Ugandan expert.

   • 1975, Private Eye, numbers 340–366, page 198:

     Eight ladies with Ugandan associations had ascended the fire escape and were making their way through his room.

   • 1998 August 19, Peter Dewhirst, “Dewey's Monday update for 3rd August.”, in rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st‎^[1] (Usenet):

     They have a bit of a 'how was it for you' session referring to the night and/or evening before, and we are left not knowing whether they enjoyed Ugandan Relations between the sheets or not.

   • 2000 January 25, Baz, “Any birds want a good seeing to?”, in uk.local.birmingham‎^[2] (Usenet):

     I'm in serious need of some ugandan activities. Any of you birds out there at a loose end and want to get the dirty water off your chest?

   • 2001, Gerald Seymour, The Untouchables, →ISBN, page 345:

     Serif's question: where is Mister? The Eagle's answer: engaged in Ugandan practices.

   • 2013 April 8, Lord Powell, “The Margaret Thatcher I knew”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     I recall her once snatching a copy of the hated Private Eye, in which I'd been reading about the Ugandan activities of a prominent member of her party.

   • 2015, Rotten Boroughs, “Going for the Burn”, in Private Eye, number 1407:

     Jones denied last week that he was in a Ugandan situation with Morris, but did say "I am very fond of anyone who helps me lose six and a half stone..."

See also

• as the actress said to the bishop
• biblically
• in the biblical sense

Anagrams

• Dunagan

Finnish

Proper noun

Ugandan

1. genitive singular of Uganda