# Rwanda
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɹuˈændə/, /ɹəˈwændə/, /ɹəˈwɒndə/
* (US) IPA: /ɹuˈɑndə/, /ɹəˈwɑndə/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒndə, -ændə

### Proper noun

Rwanda
* A country in East Africa.
* The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda.
    Synonym: Kinyarwanda
* 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

#### Translations
### See also

* Countries of the world
* 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:(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Rwandees

## Catalan
### Proper noun

Rwanda ?
* Alternative spelling of Ruanda: Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrvanda]

### Proper noun

Rwanda f (relational adjective rwandský, demonym Rwanďan)
* Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

#### Declension
### 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), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Rwanda n
* Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

## French
### Alternative forms

* Ruanda

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁwɑ̃.da/

### Proper noun

Rwanda m
* Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* rwandais
* Rwandais

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Rwanda
* Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* rwander
* rwandisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Rwanda
* Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* rwandar
* rwandisk

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* Ruanda

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrvan.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anda
* Syllabification: Rwan‧da

### Proper noun

Rwanda f (related adjective rwandyjski)
* Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Rwandyjczyk
* Rwandyjka

### See also

* 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)
* Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* u Rwanda

#### Descendants

See Rwanda § Translations

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Rwanda
* Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

### See also

* 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: /²rvanda/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Rwanda n (genitive Rwandas)
* Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* rwandier
* rwandisk
* rwandiska

### References

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

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rʊ.ˈanda/
* Rhymes: -anda

### Proper noun

Rwanda f (not mutable)
* Rwanda (a country in East Africa)

#### Coordinate terms

* 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”)