Kigali

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɪˈɡɑːli/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈɡɑli/

Proper noun

Kigali

2. The capital city of Rwanda.
   • 2021 April 13, Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, “The gleaming city that emerged from turmoil in the heart of Africa”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The importance of cows in Kigali is on show at the King’s Palace Museum, which is home to a herd of long horned Inyambo cattle.

   • 2025 May 5, “Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says”, in Reuters‎^[2]:

     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.

Translations

capital of Rwanda

• Afrikaans: Kigali
• Arabic: كِيغَالِي m (kiḡālī), كِيجَالِي m (kigālī)
• Armenian: Կիգալի (hy) (Kigali)
• Asturian: Kigali (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Kiqali
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基加利 (zh) (Jījiālì)

• Czech: Kigali n
• Danish: Kigali
• Esperanto: Kigalo (eo)
• French: Kigali (fr)
• Georgian: კიგალი (ka) (ḳigali)
• Hebrew: קיגאלי (kigali)
• Japanese: キガリ (ja) (Kigari)
• Khmer: គីហ្កាលី (km) (kiigaalii)
• Korean: 키갈리 (Kigalli)
• Macedonian: Кига́ли n (Kigáli)
• Polish: Kigali (pl) n
• Portuguese: Kigali (pt) f
• Russian: Кига́ли (ru) m (Kigáli)
• Rwanda-Rundi: Kigali
• Sinhalese: කිගාලි (kigāli)
• Spanish: Kigali (es)
• Tamil: கிகாலி (kikāli)
• Thai: คิกาลี (kigaalii)
• Ukrainian: Кіга́лі n (Kiháli)
• Vietnamese: Ki-ga-li

Anagrams

• Gilaki

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Kigali

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)

Derived terms

• Kigaliër
• Kigalies

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪɡalɪ]

Proper noun

Kigali n (indeclinable, relational adjective kigalský)

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)

Further reading

• “Kigali”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ɡa.li/

Proper noun

Kigali ?

2. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda).

Derived terms

• Kigalien
• kigalien
• Kigalois
• kigalois

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈɡa.li/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: Ki‧ga‧li

Proper noun

Kigali n (indeclinable, related adjective kigalijski)

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)

Derived terms

nouns

• kigalijczyk
• kigalijka

References

• “Kigali”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Quigali (rare)

Proper noun

Kigali f

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)

Rwanda-Rundi

Proper noun

Kigalí class 9 (Rwanda); Kigáli class 9 (Rundi)

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiɡaʎi/, (high register) [ˈkiɡaʎi], (common) [ˈkiɡali]
• Rhymes: -aʎi
• Hyphenation: Ki‧ga‧li

Proper noun

Kigali n

1. Kigali (the capital of Rwanda)

References

• “Kigali”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈɡali/ [kiˈɣ̞a.li]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: Ki‧ga‧li

Proper noun

Kigali ?

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)