Luganda

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/luːˈɡændə//luːˈɡɑːndə/

proper noun

A Bantu language spoken mostly in Uganda.

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GandaLuGanda language
OriginLuganda Oluganda →
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Meanings

Luganda1

proper noun
  1. A Bantu language spoken mostly in Uganda.

    Then it dawned on her. He did not know any Luganda. All along he had not understood a word she had said.

    2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 48

    Synonyms: Ganda

Luganda2

proper noun
  1. InternetderogatoryhumorousLuhansk, in particular the mostly unrecognised Luhansk People's Republic.

    A novel abusive word for a resident of Lugansk "Lugan-don/Lugansk-condom" can be explained as either an agglutination of the two words "Lugansk" + "condom" or as a reference to a mythological country "Luganda" whose name comprises component "Lugansk" and "Uganda".

    2019, Lorella Viola, Andreas Musolff, Migration and Media: Discourses about identities in crisis, →ISBN, Chapter 11, page 285

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA Bantu language spoken mostly in Uganda.

Similar
Ganda

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe Bantu language of the Buganda people; spoken in Uganda

Similar
LuGanda language
Broader
BantuBantoid language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Luganda · proper noun

  1. LugandaOluganda“Luganda”
  2. EnglishLuganda

Luganda Oluganda (“Luganda”)

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Luganda · proper noun

  1. UkrainianЛуга́нда
  2. RussianЛуга́нда
  3. RussianЛуганск
  4. UkrainianЛуга́нськ
  5. EnglishLuganda

Portmanteau of Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk) or Russian Луганск (Lugansk) + Uganda. Alternatively borrowed directly from either Russian Луга́нда (Lugánda) or Ukrainian Луга́нда (Luhánda).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 盧干達語 /卢干达语
  • 盧干達語 /卢干达语language
Dutch Luganda
  • Lugandalanguage
Finnish ganda
  • gandalanguage
German Luganda
  • Lugandalanguage
Hungarian ganda
  • gandalanguage
Japanese ガンダ語
  • ガンダ語language
Portuguese luganda
  • lugandalanguage
Russian луганда
  • луганда (luganda)language
Swahili Kiganda
  • Kigandalanguage
Turkish Luganda dili
  • Luganda dililanguage
Ukrainian луга́нда, га́нда
  • луга́нда (luhánda)language
  • га́нда (hánda)language
Cite this entry
APA

Luganda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luganda

MLA

“Luganda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luganda. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Luganda,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luganda.

Source: Luganda on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.