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Rwandan
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English
Etymology
en :af Rwanda -n 1 +
Pronunciation
en
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Noun
A person from Rwanda or of Rwandan descent.
en Richard Quest and Joe Minihane The gleaming city that emerged from turmoil in the heart of Africa w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/kigali-rwanda-gleaming-city-cmd 2021-04-13 But for so many, this city remains tied to the genocide, which saw between 800,000 and one million Rwandans murdered in a brutal tribal conflict in 1994. https://web.archive.org/web/20211118155544/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/kigali-rwanda-gleaming-city-cmd/ 18 November 2021
Hypernyms
en sub-Saharan, en African
Derived terms
en Rwandanness
Translations
a person from Rwanda or of Rwandan descent
Afrikaans: af Rwandees
Asturian: ast ruandés m, ast ruandesa f
Catalan: ca ruandès m, ca ruandesa f
Czech: cs Rwanďan m, cs Rwanďanka f
Dutch: nl Rwandees m, nl Rwandese f
Esperanto: eo ruandano man or woman, eo ruandanino woman
Finnish: fi ruandalainen
French: fr Rwandais m, fr Rouandais m
Galician: gl ruandés m
German: de Ruander m, de Ruanderin f
Italian: it ruandese m f
Macedonian: mk Руанѓанец m, mk Руанѓанка f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb rwander m
Nynorsk: nn rwandar m, nn rwandar m
Portuguese: pt ruandês m
Romanian: ro ruandez m, ro ruandeză f
Russian: ru руанди́ец m, ru руанди́йка f
Spanish: es ruandés m
Swahili: sw Mnyarwanda, sw Mrwanda
Swedish: sv rwandier c
Turkish: tr Ruandalı
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Rwanda, the Rwandan people or language.
en Richard Quest and Joe Minihane The gleaming city that emerged from turmoil in the heart of Africa w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/kigali-rwanda-gleaming-city-cmd 2021-04-13 This is known as Umuganda, which translates as “coming together in common purpose.” It’s an old Rwandan concept, which was officially revived in its current, compulsory form in 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20211118155544/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/kigali-rwanda-gleaming-city-cmd/ 18 November 2021
en Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says w:Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/rwanda-talks-receive-migrants-deported-us-foreign-minister-says-2025-05-05/ 2025-05-05 Rwanda is in the early stages of talks to receive immigrants deported from the United States, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said on television late on Sunday.
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Rwanda, the Rwandan people or language
Afrikaans: af Rwandees
Asturian: ast ruandés
Czech: cs rwandský m
Dutch: nl Rwandees
Finnish: fi ruandalainen
French: fr rwandais m, fr rouandais m
Galician: gl ruandés
German: de ruandisch
Italian: it ruandese
Macedonian: mk руандски
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb rwandisk
Nynorsk: nn rwandisk
Polish: pl rwandyjski
Portuguese: pt ruandês
Romanian: ro ruandez
Russian: ru руанди́йский
Spanish: es ruandés
Swahili: sw Kinyarwanda
Ukrainian: uk руанді́йський
Proper noun
Kinyarwanda
Translations
the language Kinyarwanda
Further reading
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