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Rwanda en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ɹuˈɑndə/ (US)
• /ɹəˈwɑndə/ (US)
• /ɹəˈwɒndə/ (UK)
• /ɹuˈændə/ (UK)
• /ɹəˈwændə/ (UK)
• (UK) audio
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Rwanda-Rundi -anda Rwanda-Rundi u Rwāndabor. English Rwanda From Rwanda-Rundi u Rwanda from the archaic verb -anda (“to expand”). Compare Zulu anda (“to multiply”).

Meanings

1. A country in East Africa.
   • The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) warned there was a risk some migrants sent to Rwanda could be returned to countries from which they had fled. Kigali denied the allegations and accused UNHCR of lying. 2025 May 5, “Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says”, in Reuters:
2. The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.
3. The genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994.
   • VINCENT: Have you ever heard of Rwanda? 2004, Stuart Beattie, Collateral, DreamWorks Pictures:

Deriveds

Rwandan · Rwandese

Hypernyms

Subsahara

Relateds

Countries of the world

Synonyms

Kinyarwanda

Translations (89)

ka რუანდა (country) · ru Руа́нда (country) · bn রুয়ান্ডা (country) · th รวันดา (country) · sl Ruanda (country) · mi Rāwana (country) · ms Rwanda (country) · fr Ruanda (country) · tl Ruwanda (country) · km រវ៉ាន់ដា (country) · ti ሩዋንዳ (country) · tr Ruanda (country) · ko 르완다 (country) · tg Руанда (country) · yo Ruwanda (country) · es Ruanda (country) · kam Rwanda (country) · ha Ruwanda (country) · ast Ruanda (country) · shn မိူင်းရဝၢၼ်းတႃႇ (country) · luy Rwanda (country) · sk Rwanda (country) · it Ruanda (country) · nrf Rwanda (country) · az Ruanda (country) · ia Rwanda (country) · cs Rwanda (country) · luo Rwanda (country) · ja ルワンダ (country) · eo Ruando (country) · ro Ruanda (country) · si රුවන්ඩාව (country) · sw Rwanda (country) · bg Руа́нда (country) · mn Руанда (country) · br Rwanda (country) · ki Rwanda (country) · pl Rwanda (country) · kk Руанда (country) · su Rwanda (country) · da Rwanda (country) · oc Rwanda (country) · id Rwanda (country) · fa رواندا (country) · bew Ruanda (country) · chr ᎶᏩᏂᏓ (country) · mk Руа́нда (country) · bpy রুয়ান্ডা (country) · no Rwanda (country) · ky Руанда (country) · cmn 盧安達 /卢安达 (country) · ur روانڈا (country) · sh Ruanda (country) · ban Rwanda (country) · fi Ruanda (country) · hy Ռուանդա (country) · el Ρουάντα (country) · he רואנדה (country) · rw u Rwanda (country) · nl Rwanda (country) · am ሩዋንዳ (country) · nv Wánda Dineʼé bikéyah (country) · ml റുവാണ്ട (country) · kln Rwanda (country) · din Ruanda (country) · de Ruanda (country) · my ရဝမ်ဒါ (country) · fr Rwanda (country) · ca Ruanda (country) · ca Rwanda (country) · jv Rwanda (country) · hi रवांडा (country) · aii ܪܘܲܢܕܵܐ (country) · uk Руа́нда (country) · cmn 盧旺達 /卢旺达 (country) · ba Руанда (country) · naq Roandab (country) · be Руа́нда (country) · ar رُوَانْدَا (country) · lt Ruanda (country) · sv Rwanda (country) · sh Руанда (country) · vi Ru-an-đa (country) · hu Ruanda (country) · pt Ruanda (country) · af Rwanda (country) · ro Rwanda (country) · mer Rwanda (country) · mt ir-Ruanda (country)