"Uganda" meaning in Swahili

See Uganda in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: Sw-ke-Uganda.flac
Etymology: From Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|lg|Buganda|t=land of the Ganda}} Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”) Head templates: {{head|sw|proper noun}} Uganda
  1. Uganda (a country in East Africa) Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Africa, Uganda Derived forms: Mganda
    Sense id: en-Uganda-sw-name-2pO9KJi4 Categories (other): Pages with 29 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Related terms: Afrika Kusini, Algeria Uganda Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Chad Uganda Chadi, Cote d'Ivoire Uganda Kodivaa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uhabeshi Uganda Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bisau Uganda Guinea-Bisau Uganda Ginebisau, Guinea ya Ikweta Uganda Ginekweta, Guinea Uganda Gine Uganda Gini, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa, Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville, Jibuti Uganda Djibouti, Kamerun Uganda Cameroon Uganda Kameruni, Kenya, Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska, Bukini, Malawi, Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Misri, Umisri, Morisi, Moroko Uganda Maroko, Msumbiji, Mozambik, Mtakatifu Helena, Namibia, Niger Uganda Nijeri, Nigeria Uganda Nijeria Uganda Naijeria, Rwanda Uganda Ruanda, Réunion, Sahara ya Magharibi, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal Uganda Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan Kusini, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uswazi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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          "word": "Mali"
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