Uganda
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English
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”), possibly from Proto-Bantu *-ganda (“family”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Uganda
- A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Republic of Uganda
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See also
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
- 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
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Uganda
- Uganda (a country in East Africa; capital: Kampala)
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Uganda ?
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
Central Nahuatl
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Proper noun
Uganda
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Uganda f (relational adjective ugandský, demonym Uganďan)
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
Declension of Uganda (sg-only hard feminine)
Further reading
Danish
Proper noun
Uganda
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Derived terms
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Proper noun
Uganda n
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Derived terms
Faroese
Etymology
From Swahili Buganda (subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Proper noun
Uganda n
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
singular | |
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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
Proper noun
Uganda
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
Inflection of Uganda (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
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Derived terms
German
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Uganda n (proper noun, genitive Ugandas or (optionally with an article) Uganda)
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
See also
- Ägypten
- Algerien
- Angola
- Äquatorialguinea
- Äthiopien
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Demokratische Republik Kongo
- Dschibuti
- Elfenbeinküste
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Gabun
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kamerun
- Kap Verde
- Kenia
- Komoren
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libyen
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokko
- Mauretanien
- Mauritius
- Mosambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republik Kongo
- Ruanda
- Sambia
- Senegal
- Seychellen
- Sierra Leone
- Simbabwe
- Somalia
- Südafrika
- Sudan
- Südsudan
- São Tomé und Príncipe
- Tansania
- Togo
- Tschad
- Tunesien
- Uganda
- Zentralafrikanische Republik
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
Proper noun
Uganda
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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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 | — |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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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
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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Uganda | nUganda | hUganda | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Italian
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Uganda f
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
Uganda
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
- (New Latin) Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Latvian
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Proper noun
Uganda f (4th declension)
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Proper noun
Uganda f
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
Related terms
- ugandietis m, ugandietė f
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Proper noun
Uganda
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Proper noun
Uganda
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Uganda f (related adjective ugandyjski)
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
Declension of Uganda
Derived terms
nouns
See also
- Algieria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Czad
- Demokratyczna Republika Konga
- Dżibuti
- Egipt
- Erytrea
- Eswatini
- Etiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gwinea
- Gwinea Bissau
- Gwinea Równikowa
- Kamerun
- Kenia
- Komory
- Kongo
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libia
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Maroko
- Mauretania
- Mauritius
- Mozambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Południowa Afryka
- Republika Środkowoafrykańska
- Republika Zielonego Przylądka
- Rwanda
- Sahara Zachodnia
- Senegal
- Seszele
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Południowy
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunezja
- Uganda
- Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
- Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Further reading
- Uganda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
- Hyphenation: U‧gan‧da
Proper noun
Uganda f or m
- 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
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ùgānda f (Cyrillic spelling У̀га̄нда)
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
Declension of Uganda
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Uganda f
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
Declension of Uganda (pattern žena)
Further reading
- “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, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Uganda ?
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
Swahili
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Uganda
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Derived terms
See also
- Afrika Kusini
- Algeria ~ Aljeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Chad ~ Chadi
- Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
- Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
- Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
- Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
- Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
- Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
- Jibuti ~ Djibouti
- Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
- Kenya
- Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaska, Bukini
- Malawi, Unyasa
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Misri, Umisri
- Morisi
- Moroko ~ Maroko
- Msumbiji, Mozambik
- Mtakatifu Helena
- Namibia
- Niger ~ Nijeri
- Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
- Rwanda ~ Ruanda
- Réunion
- Sahara ya Magharibi
- Sao Tome na Principe
- Senegal ~ Senegali
- Shelisheli
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Kusini
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Uswazi, Swaziland
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Swedish
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Uganda ? (genitive Ugandas)
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Related terms
References
Tagalog
Etymology
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔuˈɡanda/ [ʔʊˈɣan̪.d̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -anda
- Syllabification: U‧gan‧da
Proper noun
Uganda (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜄᜈ᜔ᜇ)
- 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
- Uganda (a country in East Africa)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Uganda | - |
definite accusative | Uganda'yı | - |
dative | Uganda'ya | - |
locative | Uganda'da | - |
ablative | Uganda'dan | - |
genitive | Uganda'nın | - |
singular | plural | |
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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
See also
- 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
- Senegal
- Seyşeller
- Sierra Leone
- Somali
- Sudan
- São Tomé ve Príncipe
- Tanzanya
- Togo
- Tunus
- Uganda
- Yeşil Burun
- Zambiya
- Zimbabve
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