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gacaca

gacaca noun: a system of community justice inspired by Rwandan tradition, used more recently in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

Noun

gacaca (countable and uncountable, plural gacacas)

  1. (uncountable) A system of community justice inspired by Rwandan tradition, used more recently in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
  2. (countable) A court operating according to this system.

Forms of gacaca

pluralgacacas

Origin of gacaca

From Rwanda-Rundi.

Questions about gacaca

What does gacaca mean?
Gacaca means a system of community justice inspired by Rwandan tradition, used more recently in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
What part of speech is gacaca?
Gacaca is a noun.
What is the plural of gacaca?
The plural of gacaca is gacacas.

Words near gacaca in the dictionary

  1. Gabuzdas
  2. gaby
  3. Gabys
  4. Gabès
  5. gac
  6. gacaca
  7. gacacas
  8. Gacap
  9. Gacbusan
  10. Gaccio
  11. Gacek

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