Meanings
nounkabaka (plural kabakas)
plural kabakas
- The title of the king of Buganda.
In the end, Buganda's identification between Crown and Church was so great that when in 1953 the British Governor of Uganda exiled the Kabaka of Buganda for political reasons, the Mothers' Union of the Anglican Church was loud among the chorus of furious protest.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin Books, published 2010, page 886
Origin
- Lugandaakabaka
- Lugandaakabaka
- Englishkabaka
Borrowed from Luganda akabaka.
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APA
kabaka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kabaka
MLA
“kabaka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kabaka. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kabaka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kabaka.
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