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Ganda

Ganda proper noun: the Luganda language.

Proper noun

Ganda

  1. The Luganda language.

Noun

Ganda (plural Gandas or Ganda)

  1. A member of the ethnic group of Uganda who speak the Luganda language.
    • Now Kirabo understood why the Ganda considered the selling of family land an abomination. But then again, after Amin’s regime, which had left the Ganda desperately impoverished, things were changing.2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 394
    Synonyms:
    Baganda, Waganda

Synonyms of Ganda

Forms of Ganda

pluralGandas
pluralGanda

Origin of Ganda

Borrowed from Luganda Omuganda (“Ganda”).

Questions about Ganda

What does Ganda mean?
Ganda means the Luganda language.
What part of speech is Ganda?
Ganda can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Ganda in the dictionary

  1. Gancis
  2. Gancitano
  3. Gancitanos
  4. gancyclovir
  5. Gand Island
  6. Ganda
  7. Gandaki
  8. Gandalf
  9. Gandalfesque
  10. Gandalfian
  11. Gandalfish

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