Etymology

Uganda

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Today it means: A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda. Full definition →

Swahili Uganda ← Luganda Buganda
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  1. LugandaBuganda
  2. SwahiliUganda
  3. English todayUganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”), possibly from Proto-Bantu *ngàndá (“family”).

Words from the same roots

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Buganda

Proto-Bantu*ngàndá all →

Buganda

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.