Rwanda

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹuˈændə/, /ɹəˈwændə/, /ɹəˈwɒndə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹuˈɑndə/, /ɹəˈwɑndə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒndə, -ændə

Rwanda

2. A country in East Africa.
   • 2025 May 5, “Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says”, in Reuters‎^[1]:

     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.

4. The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.

   Synonym: Kinyarwanda

5. The genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994.
   • 2004, Stuart Beattie, Collateral, DreamWorks Pictures:

     VINCENT: Have you ever heard of Rwanda?

• Subsahara

• Countries of the world

• Rwanda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Rwanda, kin ⁠

• Radwan, adrawn

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Rwanda

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa; capital: Kigali)

• Rwandees

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Rwanda ?

1. alternative spelling of Ruanda: Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

• IPA^(key): [ˈrvanda]

Rwanda f (relational adjective rwandský, demonym Rwanďan)

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

• “Rwanda”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Rwanda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Rwanda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

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Rwanda n

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

• Ruanda

• IPA^(key): /ʁwɑ̃.da/

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Rwanda m

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

• rwandais
• Rwandais

Borrowed from Rwanda-Rundi u Rwanda from the archaic verb -anda (“to expand”). Compare Zulu anda (“to multiply”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrwanda/ [ˈrwan.da]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Rwan‧da

Rwanda

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Rwanda (plural Rwanda-Rwanda or para Rwanda)

1. Rwandan

Rwanda (comparative lebih Rwanda, superlative paling Rwanda)

1. Rwandan

• “Rwanda”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Rwanda

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

• rwander
• rwandisk

Rwanda

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

• rwandar
• rwandisk

• Ruanda

• IPA^(key): /ˈrvan.da/

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• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Rwan‧da

Rwanda f (related adjective rwandyjski)

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

• “Rwanda”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Rwānda class 9 (or class 11)

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

• u Rwanda

See Rwanda § Translations

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Rwanda

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

• IPA^(key): /²rvanda/

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Rwanda n (genitive Rwandas)

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

• rwandier
• rwandisk
• rwandiska

• “Rwanda”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

• IPA^(key): /rʊ.ˈanda/
• Rhymes: -anda

Rwanda f (not mutable)

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

• Gweriniaeth Rwanda (“Republic of Rwanda”)