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Burundi
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Burúndi
English
thumb|240px|Flag of Burundi
thumb|right|Burundi on a globe
Etymology
en
Pronunciation
en /bʊˈɹʊndi/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Burundi.wav UK
en En-Burundi-pronunciation.ogg US en /bʊˈɹundi/
Proper noun
en Q967en country r/East Africa Republic of Burundi.
Former name: en Urundi
Hypernyms
en Subsahara
Coordinate terms
en Gitega
Countries of the world
Derived terms
en Burundian
Translations
a country in Eastern Africa
Afrikaans: af Burundi
Albanian: sq Burundi
Amharic: am ቡሩንዲ
Arabic: ar بُورُنْدِي m burundī, ar بُورُونْدِي m burundī
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܒܘܼܪܘܼܢܕܝܼ f
Armenian: hy Բուրունդի
Asturian: ast Burundi
Azerbaijani: az Burundi
Balinese: ban Burundi
Basque: eu Burundi
Belarusian: be Буру́ндзі f
Bengali: bn বুরুন্ডি
Betawi: bew Burundi
Breton: br Burundi
Bulgarian: bg Буру́нди
Burmese: my ဘူရွန်ဒီ
Catalan: ca Burundi m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 布隆迪 Bùlóngdí Mainland China, cmn 蒲隆地 Púlóngdì Taiwan
Czech: cs Burundi n
Danish: da Burundi
Dhivehi: dv ބުރުންޑީ
Dinka: din Burundi
Dutch: nl Burundi n
Esperanto: eo Burundo, eo Burundio
Estonian: et Burundi
Faroese: fo Burundi n
Finnish: fi Burundi
French: fr Burundi m
Galician: gl Burundi
Georgian: ka ბურუნდი
German: de Burundi n
Greek: el Μπουρούντι n
Gujarati: gu બુરુન્ડી
Hausa: ha Burundi
Hebrew: he בורונדי burundi
Hindi: hi बुरुण्डी
Hungarian: hu Burundi
Icelandic: is Búrúndí
Indonesian: id Burundi
Interlingua: ia Burundi
Irish: ga Burúin f An Bhurúin
Italian: it Burundi m
Japanese: ja ブルンジ Burunji
Javanese: jv Burundi
Kalenjin: kln Burundi
Kamba: kam Burundi, kam Burundi
Kannada: kn
Kazakh: kk Бурунди
Khmer: km ប៊ូរុនឌី
Khoekhoe: naq Burundib m
Kikuyu: ki Burundi
Korean: ko ^부룬디
Kyrgyz: ky Бурунди
Lao: lo ບູຣູນດີ
Latvian: lv Burundi
Lithuanian: lt Burundis
Luhya: luy Burundi
Luo: luo Burundi
Macedonian: mk Буру́нди n
Malay: ms Burundi
Malayalam: ml ബറുണ്ടി
Maltese: mt Burundi il-Burundi m
Māori: mi Puruniti
Meru: mer Burundi
Navajo: nv Wóndii Dineʼé bikéyah
Norman: nrf Burundi m
Norwegian: no Burundi
Odia: or
Persian:
Dari: prs بروندی burūndī
Iranian Persian: fa-ira بوروندی burundi
Polish: pl Burundi
Portuguese: pt Burúndi
Romanian: ro Burundi
Russian: ru Буру́нди f
Rwanda-Rundi: rw Uburundi, rw Burundi, rw Urundi
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Бурунди m
Latin: sh Burundi m
Slovak: sk Burundi n
Slovene: sl Burundi m
Spanish: es Burundi
Sundanese: su Burundi
Swahili: sw Burundi
Swedish: sv Burundi
Tagalog: tl Burundi
Tajik: tg Бурундӣ
Tamil: ta புருண்டி
Telugu: te
Thai: th บุรุนดี
Tibetan: bo
Turkish: tr Burundi
Ukrainian: uk Буру́нді f
Uyghur: ug بۇرۇندى
Uzbek: uz Burundi
Vietnamese: vi Bu-run-đi
Wolaytta: wal Burunddii
Yoruba: yo Bùrúńdì
See also
Further reading
Afrikaans
af:
Pronunciation
af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Burundi.wav
Proper noun
af Burundi Q967 af:Gitega
Derived terms
af Burundees
af Burundies
af Burundiër
Basque
eu:
Proper noun
eu proper noun in
eu Burundi Q967
Declension
in.pr
Related terms
eu burundiar
Breton
Proper noun
br proper noun ?
br Burundi Q967
Catalan
ca:
Pronunciation
ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Burundi.wav Valencia
Proper noun
m
ca Burundi Q967
Derived terms
ca burundès
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
nch proper noun
nch Burundi Q967
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn Burundi Q967
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
[dy]
cs Cs-Burundi.ogg
Proper noun
n 1 burundský Burunďan
cs Burundi Q967
Further reading
Danish
Proper noun
da Burundi Q967
Dinka
Etymology
din
Proper noun
din proper noun
din Burundi Q967
Dutch
Etymology
nl
Pronunciation
nl /ˌbuˈrun.di/
nl Nl-Burundi.ogg
nl Bu run di
Proper noun
n
nl Burundi Q967
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi de Burundi.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Burundi Q967
Declension
sg Burund a
Derived terms
fi burundilainen
French
fr:
Alternative forms
fr Bouroundi rare
Pronunciation
[u:ou]
fr Fr-Burundi.ogg
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Burundi.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Burundi.wav France
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Burundi.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
m
fr Burundi Q967
German
de:
Etymology
From de rw Burǔndi.
Pronunciation
de /buˈʁʊndi/
de De-Burundi.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Bu run di
Proper noun
toponym
de Burundi Q967
Derived terms
de Burunder Burundier burundisch
See also
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
hu Bu run di
hu di 3
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu Burundi Q967 hu:Burundi Köztársaság
Declension
Burundi o sgBurundi ja sg
Derived terms
hu burundi Burundian
See also
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
id id
Pronunciation
Proper noun
id Burundi Q967
Noun
a
Burundian
Adjective
Burundian
See also
Further reading
Interlingua
Proper noun
ia proper noun
ia Burundi Q967
Italian
it:
Pronunciation
Burùndi
Proper noun
m
it Burundi Q967
Derived terms
it burundese
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Burùndi
Proper noun
lt proper noun form Burùndi
lt Burùndis voc
Maltese
mt:
Pronunciation
mt
Proper noun
proper noun m Il-Burundi
mt Burundi Q967 mt:Repubblika tal-Burundi
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
no
thumb|The flag of Burundi.
thumb|Burundi in Africa.
thumb|Bujumbura and Lake Tanganyika in Burundi.
Etymology
nb, based on nb rw Burundi Burundi, a class 14 proper noun in the Kirundi variety of Rwanda-Rundi. The name is conventionally analysed as the class-14 prefix bu- and the stem -rundi, approximately “land of the Rundi people”; the deeper origin of the stem is uncertain.
Parallel international adaptations include nn Burundi, da Burundi, sv Burundi, de Burundi, nl Burundi and en Burundi.
Pronunciation
nb /¹bʉˈrʉn.di/ [bʉˈɾʉ̀n.dɪ]
nb ʉndi 3
nb Bu run di
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Burundi; nb country cont/Africa, a landlocked state in the African Great Lakes region, with Gitega as its capital.
nb Store deler av Burundi ligger på et høyt platå. Large parts of Burundi lie on a high plateau.
nb 25 June 2026 Maren Sæbø and Fredrik Lyngås Pedersen Burundi Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Burundi Burundi er et land i Sentral-Afrika, i innlandet like sør for ekvator. Burundi is a country in Central Africa, situated inland just south of the equator. https://web.archive.org/web/20260928124058/https://snl.no/Burundi 28 September 2026
Usage notes
The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Burundi (“the Republic of Burundi”).
Related terms
nb burundier Burundian, person from Burundi
nb burundisk Burundian
See also
References
“Burundi” in Store norske leksikon.
“Navn på stater” at Språkrådet.
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Burundi Q967
Related terms
nn burundiar
nn burundisk
Polish
pl:
Pronunciation
Pl-Burundi.ogg
Proper noun
n yes burundyjski
pl Burundi Q967
Derived terms
pl nouns Burundyjczyk Burundyjka
See also
Further reading
Romanian
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Burundi.wav
Proper noun
ro proper noun
ro Burundi Q967
Derived terms
ro burundez
Rwanda-Rundi
Proper noun
Burǔndi 14
rw no augment rw Burundi Q967
Related terms
rw u Burundi
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Burȕndi
sh Bu run di
Proper noun
Burȕndi m-in
sh Burundi Q967
Declension
Burȕndi Burȕndija Burȕndiju Burȕndi Burȕndi Burȕndiju Burȕndijem
Slovene
sl:
Pronunciation
Burúndi
Proper noun
Burúndi m-in
sl Burundi Q967
Declension
Burúndi Burúndij sg
Related terms
sl Burúndijec / sl Burúndijka
sl burúndijski
References
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Burundi.wav>
Proper noun
m
es Burundi Q967
Related terms
es burundés burundesa
Swahili
Pronunciation
burundi
sw Sw-ke-Burundi.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw Burundi Q967
See also
Swedish
sv:
Pronunciation
sv /bɵˈrɵndɪ/
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Burundi.wav
Proper noun
n
sv Burundi Q967
Related terms
sv burundisk adjective Burundian
sv burundier c Burundian male
sv burundiska c Burundian female
See also
References
saol
Svensk MeSH
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Burundi<t:Burundi> + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl Burundi Q967
Turkish
Pronunciation
tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Burundi.wav
Proper noun
tr Burundi Q967
Declension
Burundi - Burundi'yi - Burundi'ye - Burundi'de - Burundi'den - Burundi'nin -
See also
Yoruba
yo:Bùrúńdì
thumb|Bùrúńdì
Etymology
yo en Burundi.
Pronunciation
Bùrúńdì 1
Proper noun
Bùrúńdì
yo Burundi Q967