Uganda

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Uganda

/juːˈɡændə/ UK
/jʉwˈɡandə/ British, Southern, Standard
/(j)uˈɡɑndə/ US
/juˈɡændə/ US
/juˈɡændə/ Canada
/jʉːˈɡændə/ Australia
[jʉːˈɡeːndə] Australia
/jʉːˈɡɛndə/ New Zealand
/jʉˈɡandə/ Scotland

Where it comes from

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”), possibly from Proto-Bantu *ngàndá (“family”).

proper noun

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda. The Uganda Police Force described the planned protests as “potentially anarchic” in a statement on Monday, warning it “shall not tolerate disorderly conduct.”

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: niger, tanzania, kenya, nigeria, togo, rwanda, morocco, mombasa, ugandan, mozambique, kampala, uruguay, myanmar, honduras, bolivia, yemen

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name Republic of Uganda

Español	Uganda
中文	烏干達 /乌干达 Wūgāndá
हिन्दी	युगांडा yugāṇḍā
Kiswahili	Uganda
Português	Uganda
Français	Ouganda
Deutsch	Uganda
Italiano	Uganda
Ελληνικά	Ουγκάντα Ougkánta
Română	Uganda
Русский	Уга́нда Ugánda
Tiếng Việt	U-gan-đa
العربية	أُوغَنْدَا ʔuḡandā, أُوغَنْدَة ʔuḡanda
עברית	אוגנדה ugáneda, אוּגַנְדָה

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"Uganda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/uganda. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Uganda. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/uganda

Chicago

"Uganda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/uganda.

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@misc{uganda_2026,
  title = {Uganda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uganda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}