Rwanda

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UK/ɹuˈændə/UK/ɹəˈwændə/UK/ɹəˈwɒndə/US/ɹuˈɑndə/

proper noun

A country in East Africa.

CommonScrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A country in East Africa.

    The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) warned there was a risk some migrants sent to Rwanda could be returned to countries from which they had fled. Kigali denied the allegations and accused UNHCR of lying.

    2025 May 5, “Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says”, in Reuters
  2. The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.

    Synonyms: Kinyarwanda

  3. The genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994.

    VINCENT: Have you ever heard of Rwanda?

    2004, Stuart Beattie, Collateral, DreamWorks Pictures

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.

Origin

  1. Rwanda-Rundiu Rwanda
  2. EnglishRwanda

From Rwanda-Rundi u Rwanda from the archaic verb -anda (“to expand”). Compare Zulu anda (“to multiply”).

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Translations

Afrikaans Rwanda
  • Rwandacountry
Arabic رُوَانْدَا
  • رُوَانْدَا (ruwāndā)country
Bengali রুয়ান্ডা
  • রুয়ান্ডা (ruẏanḍa)country
Bulgarian Руа́нда
  • Руа́нда (Ruánda)country
Catalan Ruanda, Rwanda
  • Ruandacountry
  • Rwandacountry
Chinese Mandarin 盧旺達 /卢旺达, 盧安達 /卢安达
  • 盧旺達 /卢旺达 (Lúwàngdá)country
  • 盧安達 /卢安达 (Lú'āndá)country
Czech Rwanda
  • Rwandacountry
Danish Rwanda
  • Rwandacountry
Dutch Rwanda
  • Rwandacountry
Esperanto Ruando
  • Ruandocountry
Finnish Ruanda
  • Ruandacountry
French Ruanda, Rwanda
  • Ruandacountry
  • Rwandacountry
German Ruanda
  • Ruandacountry
Greek Ρουάντα
  • Ρουάντα (Rouánta)country
Hebrew רואנדה
  • רואנדה (ruanda)country
Hindi रवांडा
  • रवांडा (ravāṇḍā)country
Hungarian Ruanda
  • Ruandacountry
Indonesian Rwanda
  • Rwandacountry
Italian Ruanda
  • Ruandacountry
Japanese ルワンダ
  • ルワンダ (Ruwanda)country
Korean 르완다
  • 르완다 (Reuwanda)country
Lithuanian Ruanda
  • Ruandacountry
Malay Rwanda
  • Rwandacountry
Māori Rāwana
  • Rāwanacountry
Norwegian Rwanda
  • Rwandacountry
Persian رواندا
  • رواندا (ruândâ)country
Polish Rwanda
  • Rwandacountry
Portuguese Ruanda
  • Ruandacountry
Romanian Ruanda, Rwanda
  • Ruandacountry
  • Rwandacountry
Russian Руа́нда
  • Руа́нда (Ruánda)country
Slovak Rwanda
  • Rwandacountry
Spanish Ruanda
  • Ruandacountry
Swahili Rwanda
  • Rwandacountry
Swedish Rwanda
  • Rwandacountry
Tagalog Ruwanda
  • Ruwandacountry
Thai รวันดา
  • รวันดา (rá-wan-dâa)country
Turkish Ruanda
  • Ruandacountry
Ukrainian Руа́нда
  • Руа́нда (Ruánda)country
Urdu روانڈا
  • روانڈا (rvānḍā)country
Vietnamese Ru-an-đa
  • Ru-an-đacountry

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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