Rwanda

English

Rwanda

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹuˈændə/, /ɹəˈwændə/, /ɹəˈwɒndə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹuˈɑndə/, /ɹəˈwɑndə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒndə, -ændə

Proper noun

Rwanda

2. A country in East Africa.
   • 2025 May 5, “Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says”, in Reuters‎^[1]:

     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.

4. The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.

   Synonym: Kinyarwanda

5. The genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994.
   • 2004, Stuart Beattie, Collateral, DreamWorks Pictures:

     VINCENT: Have you ever heard of Rwanda?

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Rwandan
• Rwandese

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Rwanda
• Amharic: ሩዋንዳ (ruwanda)
• Arabic: رُوَانْدَا f (ruwāndā)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܘܲܢܕܵܐ f (rwandā)

• Armenian: Ռուանդա (Ṙuanda)
• Asturian: Ruanda (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Ruanda (az)
• Balinese: Rwanda
• Bashkir: Руанда (Rwanda)
• Belarusian: Руа́нда f (Ruánda)
• Bengali: রুয়ান্ডা (bn) (ruẏanḍa)
• Betawi: Ruanda
• Breton: Rwanda (br)
• Bulgarian: Руа́нда f (Ruánda)
• Burmese: ရဝမ်ဒါ (ra.wamda)
• Catalan: Ruanda (ca), Rwanda
• Cherokee: ᎶᏩᏂᏓ (lowanida)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盧旺達 / 卢旺达 (zh) (Lúwàngdá); (Taiwan) 盧安達 / 卢安达 (zh) (Lú'āndá)

• Czech: Rwanda (cs) f
• Danish: Rwanda (da)
• Dinka: Ruanda
• Dutch: Rwanda (nl) n
• Esperanto: Ruando (eo)
• Finnish: Ruanda (fi)
• French: Ruanda (fr) m, Rwanda (fr) m
• Georgian: რუანდა (ruanda)
• German: Ruanda (de) n
• Greek: Ρουάντα (el) f (Rouánta)
• Hausa: Ruwanda
• Hebrew: רואנדה (ruanda)
• Hindi: रवांडा (hi) (ravāṇḍā)
• Hungarian: Ruanda (hu)
• Indonesian: Rwanda (id)
• Interlingua: Rwanda
• Italian: Ruanda (it) m
• Japanese: ルワンダ (ja) (Ruwanda)
• Javanese: Rwanda
• Kalenjin: Rwanda
• Kamba: Rwanda, Rwanda
• Kazakh: Руанда (kk) (Ruanda)
• Khmer: រវ៉ាន់ដា (km) (rɔvandaa)
• Khoekhoe: Roandab m
• Kikuyu: Rwanda
• Korean: 르완다 (ko) (Reuwanda)
• Kyrgyz: Руанда (Ruanda)
• Lithuanian: Ruanda (lt) f
• Luhya: Rwanda
• Luo: Rwanda
• Macedonian: Руа́нда (mk) f (Ruánda)
• Malay: Rwanda (ms)
• Malayalam: റുവാണ്ട (ṟuvāṇṭa)
• Maltese: ir-Ruanda
• Manipuri:

  Bishnupriya Manipuri: রুয়ান্ডা

• Māori: Rāwana
• Meru: Rwanda
• Mongolian: Руанда (mn) (Ruanda)
• Navajo: Wánda Dineʼé bikéyah
• Norman: Rwanda m
• Norwegian: Rwanda (no)
• Occitan: Rwanda (oc) m
• Persian: رواندا (ruândâ)
• Polish: Rwanda (pl)
• Portuguese: Ruanda (pt) m
• Romanian: Ruanda f, Rwanda (ro) f
• Russian: Руа́нда (ru) f (Ruánda)
• Rwanda-Rundi: u Rwanda (rw)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Руанда f

  Latin: Ruanda (sh) f

• Shan: မိူင်းရဝၢၼ်းတႃႇ (móeng rǎ wáan tàa)
• Sinhalese: රුවන්ඩාව (ruwanḍāwa)
• Slovak: Rwanda f
• Slovene: Ruanda (sl) f
• Spanish: Ruanda (es) f
• Sundanese: Rwanda
• Swahili: Rwanda (sw)
• Swedish: Rwanda (sv)
• Tagalog: Ruwanda
• Tajik: Руанда (Ruanda)
• Thai: รวันดา (th) (rá-wan-dâa)
• Tigrinya: ሩዋንዳ (ruwanda)
• Turkish: Ruanda (tr)
• Ukrainian: Руа́нда (uk) f (Ruánda)
• Urdu: روانڈا (rvānḍā)
• Vietnamese: Ru-an-đa
• Yoruba: Ruwanda

language — see Kinyarwanda

See also

• Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Western Sahara
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Rwanda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Rwanda, kin ⁠

Anagrams

• Radwan, adrawn

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Rwanda

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa; capital: Kigali)

Derived terms

• Rwandees

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Proper noun

Rwanda ?

1. alternative spelling of Ruanda: Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrvanda]

Proper noun

Rwanda f (relational adjective rwandský, demonym Rwanďan)

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Declension of Rwanda (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Rwanda
genitive	Rwandy
dative	Rwandě
accusative	Rwandu
vocative	Rwando
locative	Rwandě
instrumental	Rwandou

Further reading

• “Rwanda”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Rwanda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Rwanda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Rwanda n

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

French

Alternative forms

• Ruanda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁwɑ̃.da/

• Audio (France (Paris)):

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Proper noun

Rwanda m

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

• rwandais
• Rwandais

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrwanda/ [ˈrwan.da]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Rwan‧da

Proper noun

Rwanda

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Noun

Rwanda (plural Rwanda-Rwanda or para Rwanda)

1. Rwandan

Adjective

Rwanda (comparative lebih Rwanda, superlative paling Rwanda)

1. Rwandan

See also

countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Selatan
• Aljazair
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cad
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Khatulistiwa
• Guinea-Bissau
• Jibuti
• Kamerun
• Kenya
• Komoro
• Lesoto
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mesir
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pantai Gading
• Republik Afrika Tengah
• Republik Demokratik Kongo
• Republik Kongo
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome dan Principe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Selatan
• Tanjung Verde
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• “Rwanda”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Rwanda

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• rwander
• rwandisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Rwanda

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• rwandar
• rwandisk

Polish

Alternative forms

• Ruanda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrvan.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Rwan‧da

Proper noun

Rwanda f (related adjective rwandyjski)

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Declension

Declension of Rwanda

	singular
nominative	Rwanda
genitive	Rwandy
dative	Rwandzie
accusative	Rwandę
instrumental	Rwandą
locative	Rwandzie
vocative	Rwando

Derived terms

nouns

• Rwandyjczyk
• Rwandyjka

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

• Algieria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Czad
• Demokratyczna Republika Konga
• Dżibuti
• Egipt
• Erytrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gwinea
• Gwinea Bissau
• Gwinea Równikowa
• Kamerun
• Kenia
• Komory
• Kongo
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauretania
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Południowa Afryka
• Republika Środkowoafrykańska
• Republika Zielonego Przylądka
• Rwanda
• Sahara Zachodnia
• Senegal
• Seszele
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Południowy
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunezja
• Uganda
• Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
• Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Rwanda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rwanda-Rundi

Proper noun

Rwānda class 9 (or class 11)

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• u Rwanda

Descendants

See Rwanda § Translations

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Rwanda

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Kusini
• Algeria ~ Aljeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Chad ~ Chadi
• Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
• Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
• Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
• Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
• Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
• Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
• Jibuti ~ Djibouti
• Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
• Kenya
• Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaska, Bukini
• Malawi, Unyasa
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mayotte
• Misri, Umisri
• Morisi
• Moroko ~ Maroko
• Msumbiji, Mozambik
• Mtakatifu Helena
• Namibia
• Niger ~ Nijeri
• Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
• Rwanda ~ Ruanda
• Réunion
• Sahara ya Magharibi
• Sao Tome na Principe
• Senegal ~ Senegali
• Shelisheli
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Kusini
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Uswazi, Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rvanda/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Rwanda n (genitive Rwandas)

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Related terms

• rwandier
• rwandisk
• rwandiska

See also

countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

• Algeriet
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Centralafrikanska republiken
• Demokratiska republiken Kongo
• Djibouti
• Egypten
• Ekvatorialguinea
• Elfenbenskusten
• Eritrea
• Etiopien
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenya
• Komorerna
• Kongo-Brazzaville
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marocko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Moçambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• São Tomé och Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychellerna
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Sydafrika
• Sydsudan
• Tanzania
• Tchad
• Togo
• Tunisien
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

References

• Rwanda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʊ.ˈanda/
• Rhymes: -anda

Proper noun

Rwanda f (not mutable)

1. Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

Coordinate terms

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Bwrcina Ffaso
• Bwrwndi
• Cabo Verde
• Camerŵn
• Cenia
• De Affrica
• De Swdan
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gini
• Gini Bisaw
• Gini Gyhydeddol
• Gorllewin Sahara
• Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
• Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
• Gweriniaeth y Congo
• Jibwti
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagasgar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mawrisiws
• Mawritania
• Moroco
• Mosambic
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Swdan
• São Tomé a Príncipe
• Tansania
• Tiwnisia
• Togo
• Tsiad
• Wganda
• y Comoros
• y Seychelles
• y Traeth Ifori
• yr Aifft

Derived terms

• Gweriniaeth Rwanda (“Republic of Rwanda”)