Meanings
proper noun
- A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.
The Uganda Police Force described the planned protests as “potentially anarchic” in a statement on Monday, warning it “shall not tolerate disorderly conduct.”
2024 July 22, Nimi Princewill, “Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2024
Origin
- LugandaBuganda
- SwahiliUganda
- EnglishUganda
From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”), possibly from Proto-Bantu *ngàndá (“family”).
More words from Swahili, Luganda, Proto-Bantu
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Arabic أُوغَنْدَا, أُوغَنْدَة
- أُوغَنْدَا (ʔuḡandā)Republic of Uganda
- أُوغَنْدَة (ʔuḡanda)Republic of Uganda
Bengali উগান্ডা
- উগান্ডা (uganḍa)Republic of Uganda
Bulgarian Уга́нда
- Уга́нда (Ugánda)Republic of Uganda
Catalan Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Chinese Mandarin 烏干達 /乌干达
- 烏干達 /乌干达 (Wūgāndá)Republic of Uganda
Czech Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Danish Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Dutch Uganda, Oeganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
- OegandaRepublic of Uganda
Esperanto Ugando
- UgandoRepublic of Uganda
Estonian Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Finnish Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
French Ouganda
- OugandaRepublic of Uganda
German Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Greek Ουγκάντα
- Ουγκάντα (Ougkánta)Republic of Uganda
Hebrew אוגנדה, אוּגַנְדָה
- אוגנדה (ugáneda)Republic of Uganda
- אוּגַנְדָהRepublic of Uganda
Hindi युगांडा
- युगांडा (yugāṇḍā)Republic of Uganda
Hungarian Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Irish Uganda, Poblacht Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
- Poblacht UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Italian Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Japanese ウガンダ
- ウガンダRepublic of Uganda
Korean 우간다
- 우간다Republic of Uganda
Latvian Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Lithuanian Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Māori Ukānga
- UkāngaRepublic of Uganda
Norwegian Bokmål Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Persian اوگاندا
- اوگاندا (ugândâ)Republic of Uganda
Polish Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Portuguese Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Romanian Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Russian Уга́нда
- Уга́нда (Ugánda)Republic of Uganda
Spanish Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Swahili Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Swedish Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Tagalog Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Tamil உகாண்டா
- உகாண்டா (ukāṇṭā)Republic of Uganda
Thai ยูกันดา
- ยูกันดา (yuu-gan-dâa)Republic of Uganda
Turkish Uganda
- UgandaRepublic of Uganda
Ukrainian Уга́нда, Уґа́нда
- Уга́нда (Uhánda)Republic of Uganda
- Уґа́нда (Ugánda)Republic of Uganda
Vietnamese U-gan-đa
- U-gan-đaRepublic of Uganda
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
Uganda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uganda
MLA
“Uganda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uganda. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Uganda,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uganda.
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