Rwanda

English

Etymology

Rwanda-Rundi rwanda (“domain”, literally “area occupied by a swarm”)

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. A country in Eastern Africa.
  2. The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.
    Synonym: Kinyarwanda
  3. The genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994.
    • 2004, Stuart Beattie, Collateral, DreamWorks Pictures:
      VINCENT: Have you ever heard of Rwanda?

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also
  • Countries of the world

Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda

Czech

Proper noun

Rwanda f

  1. Rwanda

Further reading
  • Rwanda in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Rwanda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Rwanda n

  1. Rwanda

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁwɑ̃.da/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Rwanda m

  1. Rwanda

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda

Polish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ruˈan.da/, /ˈrvan.da/

Proper noun

Rwanda f

  1. Rwanda (country)

Declension
declension of Rwanda
singular
nominative Rwanda
genitive Rwandy
dative Rwandzie
accusative Rwandę
instrumental Rwandą
locative Rwandzie
vocative Rwando

Derived terms

Swahili

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²rvanda/

Proper noun

Rwanda

  1. Rwanda
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