# Uganda
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /juːˈɡændə/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /(j)uˈɡɑndə/, /juˈɡændə/
** Audio (US); /uˈɡɑndə/:(file)
* (Canada) IPA: /juˈɡændə/
** Audio (Canada):(file)
* (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /jʉːˈɡændə/
* (Scotland) IPA: /jʉˈɡandə/

### Proper noun

Uganda
* A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.

#### Hypernyms

* Subsahara

#### Derived terms

* Ugandan
* discuss Uganda

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: ウガンダ (Uganda)
* → Welsh: Wganda

#### Translations
### See also

* Appendix: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

## Afrikaans
### Alternative forms

* Oeganda

### Proper noun

Uganda
* Uganda (a country in East Africa; capital: Kampala)

#### Derived terms

* Ugandees

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [uˈɣan.də]
* IPA: (Valencia) [uˈɣan.da]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Uganda ?
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* ugandès

## Central Nahuatl
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Proper noun

Uganda
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈuɡanda]

### Proper noun

Uganda f (relational adjective ugandský, demonym Uganďan)
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Uganda”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Uganda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Uganda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Proper noun

Uganda
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* ugander
* ugandisk

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* Oeganda

### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Proper noun

Uganda n
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Ugandees
* Ugandese

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Swahili Buganda (subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Proper noun

Uganda n
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈuɡɑndɑ/, [ˈuɡɑ̝ndɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -uɡɑndɑ
* Hyphenation: U‧gan‧da

### Proper noun

Uganda
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Uganda (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ugandani
accusative
nom.
Ugandani
gen.
Ugandani
genitive
Ugandani
partitive
Ugandaani
inessive
Ugandassani
elative
Ugandastani
illative
Ugandaani
adessive
Ugandallani
ablative
Ugandaltani
allative
Ugandalleni
essive
Ugandanani
translative
Ugandakseni
abessive
Ugandattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ugandasi
accusative
nom.
Ugandasi
gen.
Ugandasi
genitive
Ugandasi
partitive
Ugandaasi
inessive
Ugandassasi
elative
Ugandastasi
illative
Ugandaasi
adessive
Ugandallasi
ablative
Ugandaltasi
allative
Ugandallesi
essive
Ugandanasi
translative
Ugandaksesi
abessive
Ugandattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ugandamme
accusative
nom.
Ugandamme
gen.
Ugandamme
genitive
Ugandamme
partitive
Ugandaamme
inessive
Ugandassamme
elative
Ugandastamme
illative
Ugandaamme
adessive
Ugandallamme
ablative
Ugandaltamme
allative
Ugandallemme
essive
Ugandanamme
translative
Ugandaksemme
abessive
Ugandattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ugandanne
accusative
nom.
Ugandanne
gen.
Ugandanne
genitive
Ugandanne
partitive
Ugandaanne
inessive
Ugandassanne
elative
Ugandastanne
illative
Ugandaanne
adessive
Ugandallanne
ablative
Ugandaltanne
allative
Ugandallenne
essive
Ugandananne
translative
Ugandaksenne
abessive
Ugandattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ugandansa
accusative
nom.
Ugandansa
gen.
Ugandansa
genitive
Ugandansa
partitive
Ugandaansa
inessive
Ugandassaan Ugandassansa
elative
Ugandastaan Ugandastansa
illative
Ugandaansa
adessive
Ugandallaan Ugandallansa
ablative
Ugandaltaan Ugandaltansa
allative
Ugandalleen Ugandallensa
essive
Ugandanaan Ugandanansa
translative
Ugandakseen Ugandaksensa
abessive
Ugandattaan Ugandattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* ugandalainen
* ugandangueretsa
* ugandankalliorotta
* ugandankobi

## German
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Uganda n (proper noun, genitive Ugandas or (optionally with an article) Uganda)
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* Ugander
* ugandisch

### See also

* Ägypten
* Algerien
* Angola
* Äquatorialguinea
* Äthiopien
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Demokratische Republik Kongo
* Dschibuti
* Elfenbeinküste
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Gabun
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kamerun
* Kap Verde
* Kenia
* Komoren
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libyen
* Madagaskar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Marokko
* Mauretanien
* Mauritius
* Mosambik
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Republik Kongo
* Ruanda
* Sambia
* Senegal
* Seychellen
* Sierra Leone
* Simbabwe
* Somalia
* Südafrika
* Sudan
* Südsudan
* São Tomé und Príncipe
* Tansania
* Togo
* Tschad
* Tunesien
* Uganda
* Zentralafrikanische Republik

### Further reading

* “Uganda” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈuɡɒndɒ]
* Hyphenation: Ugan‧da
* Rhymes: -dɒ

### Proper noun

Uganda
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* ugandai

## Irish
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Proper noun

Uganda m
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Synonyms

* Poblacht Uganda

#### Derived terms

* Ugandach

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈɡan.da/
* Rhymes: -anda
* Hyphenation: U‧gàn‧da

### Proper noun

Uganda f
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* ugandese

### Anagrams

* adugna

## Japanese
### Romanization

Uganda
* Rōmaji transcription of ウガンダ

## Latin
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /uˈɡan.da/, [uˈɡän̪d̪ä]

### Proper noun

Uganda f sg (genitive Ugandae); first declension
* (New Latin) Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

## Latvian
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Proper noun

Uganda f (4th declension)
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Declension
## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Proper noun

Uganda f
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* ugandietis m, ugandietė f

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Proper noun

Uganda
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* ugander
* ugandisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Proper noun

Uganda
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* ugandar
* ugandisk

## Polish
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈɡan.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anda
* Syllabification: U‧gan‧da

### Proper noun

Uganda f (related adjective ugandyjski)
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Ugandyjczyk
* Ugandyjka

### 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

* Uganda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈɡɐ̃.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈɡɐ̃.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /uˈɡɐ̃.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /uˈɡɐ̃.dɐ/ [uˈɣɐ̃.dɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
* Hyphenation: U‧gan‧da

### Proper noun

Uganda f or m
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* ugandense
* ugandês

## Romanian
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Proper noun

Uganda f
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* ugandez

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǔɡaːnda/
* Hyphenation: U‧gan‧da

### Proper noun

Ùgānda f (Cyrillic spelling У̀га̄нда)
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈuɡanda]

### Proper noun

Uganda f
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Uganda”, 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, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈɡanda/ [uˈɣ̞ãn̪.d̪a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anda
* Syllabification: U‧gan‧da

### Proper noun

Uganda ?
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* ugandés

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Uganda
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Mganda

### 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
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Uganda ? (genitive Ugandas)
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Related terms

* ugandier
* ugandisk
* ugandiska

### References

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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔuˈɡanda/ [ʔʊˈɣan̪.d̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -anda
* Syllabification: U‧gan‧da

### Proper noun

Uganda (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜄᜈ᜔ᜇ)
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Uganda
* Uganda (a country in East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Ugandalı

### See also

* Angola
* Batı Sahra
* Benin
* Botsvana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cezayir
* Cibuti
* Çad
* Ekvator Ginesi
* Eritre
* Esvatini
* Etiyopiya
* Fas
* Fildişi Sahili
* Gabon
* Gambiya
* Gana
* Gine
* Gine-Bissau
* Güney Afrika
* Güney Sudan
* Kamerun
* Kenya
* Komorlar
* Kongo Cumhuriyeti
* Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti
* Lesotho
* Liberya
* Libya
* Madagaskar
* Malavi
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Mısır
* Moritanya
* Mozambik
* Namibya
* Nijer
* Nijeria
* Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti
* Ruanda
* Senegal
* Seyşeller
* Sierra Leone
* Somali
* Sudan
* São Tomé ve Príncipe
* Tanzanya
* Togo
* Tunus
* Uganda
* Yeşil Burun
* Zambiya
* Zimbabve