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Meaning of "Ruanda" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RUANDA

Ruanda  [rʊˈændə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUANDA

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preposition
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determiner
exclamation
Ruanda is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RUANDA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ruanda

Rwanda

Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a sovereign state in central and east Africa. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated; its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate of the country is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. The population is young and predominantly rural, with a density among the highest in Africa. Rwandans form three groups: the Hutu, Tutsi and Twa. The Twa are a forest-dwelling pygmy people descend from Rwanda's earliest inhabitants. Scholars disagree on the origins of and differences between the Hutu and Tutsi; some believe they are derived from former social castes, while others view them as being races or tribes. Christianity is the largest religion in the country, the principal language is Kinyarwanda, spoken by most Rwandans, with French and English as official languages. Rwanda has a presidential system of government.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RUANDA


Banda
ˈbændə
coriander
ˌkɒrɪˈændə
Ganda
ˈɡændə
Kinyarwanda
ˌkɪnjərʊˈændə
lander
ˈlændə
Leander
lɪˈændə
Loanda
ləʊˈændə
Luanda
lʊˈændə
Luganda
luːˈɡændə
Maeander
miːˈændə
meander
mɪˈændə
Miranda
mɪˈrændə
oleander
ˌəʊlɪˈændə
outlander
ˈaʊtˌlændə
panda
ˈpændə
propaganda
ˌprɒpəˈɡændə
Rwanda
rʊˈændə
sander
ˈsændə
Uganda
juːˈɡændə
veranda
vəˈrændə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUANDA

RTS
RTT
RTTY
ru
RU486
ruana
Ruanda-Urundi
rub
rub along
rub down
rub in
rub it in
rub off
rub out
rub salt into someone´s wounds
rub shoulders with
rub someone´s nose in it
rub up
rub up the wrong way
Rub` al Khali

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUANDA

Aranda
Baganda
black propaganda
Buganda
giant panda
grey propaganda
jacaranda
Karaganda
khanda
lesser panda
Maracanda
memoranda
vanda
Vivekananda
wakanda
white propaganda

Synonyms and antonyms of Ruanda in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Ruanda» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUANDA

Find out the translation of Ruanda to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Ruanda from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Ruanda» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

卢安达
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ruanda
570 millions of speakers

English

Ruanda
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Ruanda
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Ruanda
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Руанда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ruanda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Ruanda
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Ruanda
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ruanda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ruanda
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルアンダ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

루안다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ruanda
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Ruanda
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ருவாண்டா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रुआंडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ruanda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ruanda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rwanda
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Руанда
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ruanda
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ρουάντα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ruanda
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Ruanda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Ruanda
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Ruanda

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUANDA»

The term «Ruanda» is very widely used and occupies the 17.597 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RUANDA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Ruanda

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUANDA»

Discover the use of Ruanda in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Ruanda and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Report on Ruanda-Urundi, Together with Related Documents
These circles had always favoured closer union between Ruanda-Urundi and the Belgian Congo and thought that Ruanda-Urundi should be represented in the Government Council at Leopoldville and in the Permanent Delegation, where ...
United Nations. Trusteeship Council. Visiting Mission to Trust Territories in East Africa, 1958
2
Key Resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, ...
United Nations, and that these be organized by the Administering Authority in full consultation with the United Nations Commission for Ruanda-Urundi, the actual dates to be fixed, after mutual consultation, in the light of the prevailing ...
Dietrich Rauschning, Katja Wiesbrock, Martin Lailach, 1997
3
Church and Revolution in Rwanda
Ian Linden, Jane Linden. who had been in CICCU before the war: 'It was not an uncommon experience at a CICCU Prayer Meeting or Bible Reading to hear a loud thud, and the whispered explanation, "Pitt-Pitts has fainted again".' Ruanda  ...
Ian Linden, Jane Linden, 1977
4
Ruanda-Urundi: Economy
Economy Office de l'information et des relations publiques pour le Congo belge et le Ruanda-Urundi. 238. — As for the liberal professions (medicine, dentistry, law, etc.), as native income grows and activities become diversified and ...
Office de l'information et des relations publiques pour le Congo belge et le Ruanda-Urundi, 1960
5
African Worlds: Studies in the Cosmological Ideas and Social ...
The present Ruanda culture has lost the coherence that existed in pre-European days. Those who have become more closely associated with alien activity, and have therefore felt its influence more constantly, now share a culture made up in  ...
Cyril Daryll Forde, 1999
6
Britain's Hidden Role in the Rwandan Genocide: The Cat's Paw
Germany ruled the one administrative territory of Ruanda-Urundi until 1916, when it lost the First World War and was forced to forfeit its colonial possessions. At the resulting Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which was organised to negotiate ...
Hazel Cameron, 2013
7
Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Ruanda poetry USE Kinyarwanda poetry Ruanda-Urundi _ History _ _ Civil War, 1959-1962 [DT449.R8] Ruanda wit and humor USE Kinyarwanda wit and humor Ruapehu Mountain (N.Z.) (Not Subd Geog) UF Ruapehu Volcano (NZ.) ...
‎1989
8
Defeat Is the Only Bad News: Rwanda under Musinga, 1896–1931
Louis, Ruanda-Urundi, 43; Historique et Chronologie, 105; Diaire de la Mission de Nyamasheke (hereafter cited as Nyamasheke), Archives de la Société des Missionaires d'Afrique, Rome. 2. Kandt, “Bericht,” 114–24. 3. Kagame, Le code des ...
Alison Des Forges, David Newbury, 2011
9
On the Path to Genocide: Armenia and Rwanda Reexamined
Communication from the Hutu Social Party (APROSOMA) Concerning Ruanda- Urundi. T/ COM.3/L.30, 7 November. ———. 1960. Petitionfrom the Chairman of the Interim National Committee of the “Union Nationale Ruandaise” Concerning ...
Deborah Mayersen, 2014
10
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
Article II In the application to the Belgian Congo and the Trust Territory of Ruanda -Urundi of the convention of October 28, 1948, as amended by the supplementary convention of September 9, 1952, the Belgian Congo and the Trust Territory of ...
‎1960

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUANDA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Ruanda is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Los nueve españoles olvidados de Ruanda
El pasado sábado veinte de junio Scotland Yard detenía en Londres al jefe de la inteligencia de Ruanda, Karenzi Karake a petición de la justicia española. Hoy ... «El Mundo, Jun 15»
2
Las heridas abiertas del genocidio de Ruanda
En junio de 2010, el ex jefe del Ejército de Ruanda Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa sufría un intento de asesinato mientras conducía de regreso a su residencia ... «ABC.es, Jun 15»
3
Ruandas Geheimdienstchef in London festgenommen
Die Vorwürfe aus Spanien seien konstruiert von den Verantwortlichen des Völkermords in Ruanda. Bei dem Genozid 1994 wurden rund 800.000 Menschen ... «SPIEGEL ONLINE, Jun 15»
4
BGH-Völkermord-Urteil: Die Frage nach dem Motiv bleibt offen
Der umfangreiche Prozess, in dem das Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main mehr als 100 Zeugen befragt hatte - 40 davon wurden extra aus Ruanda ... «tagesschau.de, May 15»
5
Vor Wahl: Tausende flüchten aus Angst vor Gewalt nach Ruanda
Kigali/Genf - Mehr als 1.000 Menschen aus Burundi sind über Nacht aus Angst vor gewaltsamen Auseinandersetzungen bei der bevorstehenden ... «derStandard.at, Apr 15»
6
Francia desclasifica archivo secreto sobre genocidio en Ruanda
El presidente de Francia, François Hollande, dictaminó la desclasificación de documentos sobre el genocidio de Ruanda. La decisión fue firmada hoy martes ... «teleSUR TV, Apr 15»
7
21 años del genocidio en Ruanda
El origen del genocidio que se desató entre el seis de abril y el cuatro de julio de 1994 en Ruanda (África Central) se remonta a la tesis de una diferencia étnica ... «teleSUR TV, Apr 15»
8
Ruanda es de sus mujeres, únicas en el mundo que son mayoría en …
La nueva Ruanda ha sido levantada por sus mujeres, que llegaron a representar el 70 % de la población tras el genocidio de 1994, cuando el país velaba a ... «eldiario.es, Mar 15»
9
Steinmeier sieht Deutschland in Afrika stärker in Pflicht
Im Nachbarland Kongo, an der Grenze zu Ruanda, unterstützt die Bundesrepublik eine UN-Friedensmission mit mehr als 100 Millionen Euro pro Jahr. Zugleich ... «Web.de, Feb 15»
10
Ingenieure verwandeln tödliches Methan im afrikanischen Kivusee …
Er wirkt so romantisch, der Kivusee, den sich Ruanda und Kongo teilen. Doch er könnte die ganze Region in eine Katastrophe stürzen, würde das Methan, das ... «Ingenieur.de - Das Nachrichtenportal für Ingenieure, Sep 14»

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