"Luganda" meaning in English

See Luganda in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /luːˈɡændə/, /luːˈɡɑːndə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Luganda.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Luganda Oluganda (“Luganda”) Etymology templates: {{uder|en|lg|Oluganda||Luganda}} Luganda Oluganda (“Luganda”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Luganda
  1. A Bantu language spoken mostly in Uganda. Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Ganda Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Luganda terms Translations (language): 盧干達語 (Chinese Mandarin), 卢干达语 (Chinese Mandarin), Luganda (Dutch), Lugandarɛ (Farefare), ganda (Finnish), Luganda [neuter] (German), ganda (Hungarian), ガンダ語 (Japanese), Oluganda (Luganda), luganda (Portuguese), луганда (luganda) (Russian), Ikiganda (Rwanda-Rundi), Kiganda (Swahili), Luganda dili (Turkish), луга́нда (luhánda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), га́нда (hánda) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Luganda-en-name-LjsUP4pX Disambiguation of Languages: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /luːˈɡændə/, /luːˈɡɑːndə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Luganda.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: table Portmanteau of Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk) or Russian Луганск (Lugansk) + Uganda. Alternatively borrowed from either of the two languages and coined there similarly. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|Ukraine}} table, {{glossary|Portmanteau}} Portmanteau, {{der|en|uk|Луга́нськ}} Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk), {{der|en|ru|Луганск}} Russian Луганск (Lugansk), {{m|en|Uganda}} Uganda Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Luganda
  1. (derogatory, humorous, Internet) Luhansk, in particular the mostly unrecognised Luhansk People's Republic. Tags: Internet, derogatory, humorous Categories (topical): Internet Derived forms: Lugandan
    Sense id: en-Luganda-en-name-Kz-ojeI0 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.