Uganda

See also: Úganda

English

Uganda

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”), possibly from Proto-Bantu *-ganda (“family”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(j)uˈɡændə/, /(j)uˈɡɑːndə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Uganda

2. A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Ugandan
• discuss Uganda

Descendants

• → Welsh: Wganda

Translations

Republic of Uganda

• Afrikaans: Uganda
• Amharic: ዩጋንዳ (yuganda)
• Arabic: أُوغَنْدَا f (ʔuḡandā), أُوغَنْدَة f (ʔuḡanda)
• Armenian: Ուգանդա (Uganda)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܼܓܲܢܕܵܐ f (ūgandā)
• Asturian: Uganda (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Uqanda (az)
• Belarusian: Уга́нда f (Uhánda)
• Bengali: উগান্ডা (bn) (uganḍa)
• Breton: Ouganda (br)
• Bulgarian: Уга́нда f (Ugánda)
• Burmese: ယူဂန်းဒါး (yugan:da:)
• Catalan: Uganda (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏干達／乌干达 (zh) (Wūgāndá)

• Corsican: Uganda f
• Czech: Uganda (cs) f
• Danish: Uganda
• Dhivehi: ޔުގެންޑާ (dv) (yugen̊ḍā)
• Dinka: Yuganda
• Dutch: Uganda (nl) n, Oeganda (nl) n
• Esperanto: Ugando (eo)
• Estonian: Uganda (et)
• Faroese: Uganda n
• Finnish: Uganda (fi)
• French: Ouganda (fr)
• Galician: Uganda (gl)
• Georgian: უგანდა (uganda)
• German: Uganda (de)
• Greek: Ουγκάντα (el) f (Ougkánta)
• Hausa: Yuganda
• Hebrew: אוגנדה (he) n (ugáneda), אוּגַנְדָה (he)
• Hindi: युगांडा (hi) (yugāṇḍā)
• Hungarian: Uganda (hu)
• Interlingua: Uganda
• Irish: Uganda m, Poblacht Uganda f
• Italian: Uganda (it) f
• Japanese: ウガンダ (ja) (Uganda)
• Kalenjin: Uganda
• Kamba: Uganda
• Kannada: ಉಗಾಂಡ (kn) (ugāṇḍa)
• Kazakh: Уганда (kk) (Uganda)
• Khmer: អ៊ូហ្គង់ដា (ʼuugŭəngdaa)
• Kikuyu: Uganda
• Kis: Uganda
• Korean: 우간다 (ko) (Uganda)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئوگاندا (uganda)

  Northern Kurdish: Ûganda

• Kyrgyz: Уганда (ky) (Uganda)
• Lango (Uganda): yùgándà
• Lao: ອູການດາ (ʼū kān dā)
• Latvian: Uganda f
• Lithuanian: Uganda (lt) f
• Luhya: Uganda
• Luo: Uganda
• Macedonian: Уга́нда (mk) f (Ugánda)
• Malayalam: ഉഗാണ്ട (ml) (ugāṇṭa)
• Maltese: l-Uganda f
• Maori: Ukānga
• Meru: Uganda
• Mongolian: Уганда (mn) (Uganda)
• Navajo: Yogénda
• Norman: Uganda (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Uganda (no)

  Nynorsk: Uganda (nn)

• Occitan: Oganda f
• Odia: ଉଗାଣ୍ଡା (ugaṇḍa)
• Persian: اوگاندا (ugândâ)
• Polish: Uganda (pl)
• Portuguese: Uganda (pt) m
• Romanian: Uganda (ro) f
• Russian: Уга́нда (ru) f (Ugánda)
• Rwanda-Rundi: Ubuganda
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Уганда f

  Roman: Uganda (sh) f

• Spanish: Uganda (es)
• Swahili: Uganda
• Swedish: Uganda (sv)
• Tagalog: Uganda (tl)
• Tajik: Уганда (Uganda)
• Tamil: உகாண்டா (ukāṇṭā)
• Tatar: Уганда (Uğanda)
• Telugu: ఉగాండా (te) (ugāṇḍā)
• Thai: ยูกันดา (th) (yuu-gan-dâa)
• Turkish: Uganda (tr)
• Turkmen: Uganda
• Ukrainian: Уга́нда (uk) f (Uhánda)
• Uyghur: ئۇگاندا (uganda)
• Uzbek: Uganda (uz)
• Vietnamese: U-gan-đa
• West Frisian: Uganda (fy) n
• Yoruba: Uganda

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]}

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• Oeganda

Proper noun

Uganda

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa; capital: Kampala)

Derived terms

• Ugandees

Catalan

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [uˈɣan.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [uˈɣan.da]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Uganda ?

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• ugandès

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Proper noun

Uganda

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuɡanda]

Proper noun

Uganda f (related adjective ugandský, demonym Uganďan)

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Declension of Uganda (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Uganda
genitive	Ugandy
dative	Ugandě
accusative	Ugandu
vocative	Ugando
locative	Ugandě
instrumental	Ugandou

Further reading

• Uganda in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Uganda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Uganda in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Uganda

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

• ugander
• ugandisk

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Oeganda

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Proper noun

Uganda n

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

• Ugandees
• Ugandese

Faroese

Etymology

From Swahili Buganda (subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Proper noun

Uganda n

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

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/, [ˈuɡɑ̝ndɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uɡɑndɑ
• Syllabification^(key): U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Uganda

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Uganda (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
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	—
abessive		Ugandatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Uganda (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ugandani — accusative nom. Ugandani — gen. Ugandani genitive Ugandani — partitive Ugandaani — inessive Ugandassani — elative Ugandastani — illative Ugandaani — adessive Ugandallani — ablative Ugandaltani — allative Ugandalleni — essive Ugandanani — translative Ugandakseni — abessive Ugandattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ugandasi — accusative nom. Ugandasi — gen. Ugandasi genitive Ugandasi — partitive Ugandaasi — inessive Ugandassasi — elative Ugandastasi — illative Ugandaasi — adessive Ugandallasi — ablative Ugandaltasi — allative Ugandallesi — essive Ugandanasi — translative Ugandaksesi — abessive Ugandattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ugandamme — accusative nom. Ugandamme — gen. Ugandamme genitive Ugandamme — partitive Ugandaamme — inessive Ugandassamme — elative Ugandastamme — illative Ugandaamme — adessive Ugandallamme — ablative Ugandaltamme — allative Ugandallemme — essive Ugandanamme — translative Ugandaksemme — abessive Ugandattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ugandanne — accusative nom. Ugandanne — gen. Ugandanne genitive Ugandanne — partitive Ugandaanne — inessive Ugandassanne — elative Ugandastanne — illative Ugandaanne — adessive Ugandallanne — ablative Ugandaltanne — allative Ugandallenne — essive Ugandananne — translative Ugandaksenne — abessive Ugandattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Ugandansa — accusative nom. Ugandansa — gen. Ugandansa genitive Ugandansa — partitive Ugandaansa — inessive Ugandassaan Ugandassansa — elative Ugandastaan Ugandastansa — illative Ugandaansa — adessive Ugandallaan Ugandallansa — ablative Ugandaltaan Ugandaltansa — allative Ugandalleen Ugandallensa — essive Ugandanaan Ugandanansa — translative Ugandakseen Ugandaksensa — abessive Ugandattaan Ugandattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• ugandalainen

 

compounds

• ugandangueretsa
• ugandankalliorotta
• ugandankobi

 

German

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Uganda n (proper noun, genitive Ugandas or (optionally with an article) Uganda)

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• Ugander
• ugandisch

Further reading

• “Uganda” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuɡɒndɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ugan‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

Proper noun

Uganda

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	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
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”).

Proper noun

Uganda m

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Synonyms

• Poblacht Uganda

Derived terms

• Ugandach

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

Proper noun

Uganda f

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• ugandese

Anagrams

• adugna

Japanese

Romanization

Uganda

1. Rōmaji transcription of ウガンダ

Latin

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈɡan.da/, [uˈɡän̪d̪ä]

Proper noun

Uganda f sg (genitive Ugandae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Uganda (a country in East Africa)

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”).

Proper noun

Uganda f (4th declension)

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Declension of Uganda (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
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”).

Proper noun

Uganda f

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

    Declension of Uganda

nominative	Uganda
genitive	Ugandos
dative	Ugandai
accusative	Ugandą
instrumental	Uganda
locative	Ugandoje
vocative	Uganda

Related terms

• ugandietis m, ugandietė f

Norwegian Bokmål

Flag of Uganda

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Proper noun

Uganda

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• ugander
• ugandisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Proper noun

Uganda

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• ugandar
• ugandisk

Polish

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈɡan.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Uganda f

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Declension of Uganda

	singular
nominative	Uganda
genitive	Ugandy
dative	Ugandzie
accusative	Ugandę
instrumental	Ugandą
locative	Ugandzie
vocative	Ugando

Derived terms

adjective

• ugandyjski

 

nouns

• Ugandyjczyk
• Ugandyjka

 

Further reading

• Uganda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈɡɐ̃.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈɡɐ̃.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈɡɐ̃.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈɡɐ̃.dɐ/ [uˈɣɐ̃.dɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
• Hyphenation: U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Uganda m

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

• ugandense
• ugandês

Romanian

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Proper noun

Uganda f

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• ugandez

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǔɡaːnda/
• Hyphenation: U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Ùgānda f (Cyrillic spelling У̀га̄нда)

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Declension of Uganda

	singular
nominative	Uganda
genitive	Ugande
dative	Ugandi
accusative	Ugandu
vocative	Ugando
locative	Ugandi
instrumental	Ugandom

Slovak

Etymology

Derived 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)

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

References

• “Uganda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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

Proper noun

Uganda ?

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• ugandés

 

Swahili

Etymology

From Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Uganda

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

• Mganda

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

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Uganda ? (genitive Ugandas)

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• ugandier
• ugandisk
• ugandiska

Tagalog

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈɡanda/ [ʔʊˈɣaːn.dɐ]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Uganda (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜄᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Turkish

Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Uganda

1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Declension of Uganda

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	Uganda	-
definite accusative (belirtme)	Uganda'yı	-
dative (yönelme)	Uganda'ya	-
locative (bulunma)	Uganda'da	-
ablative (ayrılma)	Uganda'dan	-
genitive (tamlayan)	Uganda'nın	-

    possessive of Uganda

	singular	plural
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

• Ugandalı

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]}