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/
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Proper noun

Uganda

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

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Welsh: Wganda

Translations

See also

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. 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 ?

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

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

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

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

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

compounds

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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)

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

Derived terms

  • Ugandach

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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)

Anagrams

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

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

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

  • 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)

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)

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈɡan.da/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: U‧gan‧da

Proper noun

Uganda f

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • ugandyjski
nouns

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/
    • (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

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)

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

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)

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Uganda ? (genitive Ugandas)

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈɡanda/, [ʔʊˈɣan.dɐ]
  • Hyphenation: 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

  • (file)

Proper noun

Uganda

  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

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