Rwanda

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Rwanda

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

Rhymes with -ɒndə, -ændə

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

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.
The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.
Similar: Kinyarwanda
The genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994. VINCENT: Have you ever heard of Rwanda?

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ruanda, uganda, burundi, kigali, luanda, drc, rwandese, rwandan, country, unamir, afr, genocide, randa, ictr, urundi, ruanda-urundi

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name country

Español	Ruanda
한국어	르완다 Reuwanda
日本語	ルワンダ Ruwanda
中文	盧旺達 /卢旺达 Lúwàngdá
हिन्दी	रवांडा ravāṇḍā
Kiswahili	Rwanda
Português	Ruanda
Français	Ruanda, Rwanda
Deutsch	Ruanda
Italiano	Ruanda
Ελληνικά	Ρουάντα Rouánta
Română	Ruanda, Rwanda
Русский	Руа́нда Ruánda
Tiếng Việt	Ru-an-đa
العربية	رُوَانْدَا ruwāndā
עברית	רואנדה ruanda

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@misc{rwanda_2026,
  title = {Rwanda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rwanda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}