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Luganda

/luːˈɡændə/

Luganda proper noun: a Bantu language spoken mostly in Uganda.

Proper noun (1)

Luganda

  1. A Bantu language spoken mostly in Uganda.
    • Then it dawned on her. He did not know any Luganda. All along he had not understood a word she had said.2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 48
    Synonyms:
    Ganda

Proper noun (2)

Luganda

  1. (Internet, derogatory, humorous) Luhansk, in particular the mostly unrecognised Luhansk People's Republic.
    • A novel abusive word for a resident of Lugansk "Lugan-don/Lugansk-condom" can be explained as either an agglutination of the two words "Lugansk" + "condom" or as a reference to a mythological country "Luganda" whose name comprises component "Lugansk" and "Uganda".2019, Lorella Viola, Andreas Musolff, Migration and Media: Discourses about identities in crisis, →ISBN, Chapter 11, page 285

Luganda meaning in Marathi

Luganda in Marathi

language
लुगांडा lugāṇḍā

Synonyms of Luganda

Origin of Luganda

Luganda Oluganda (“Luganda”)

Portmanteau of Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk) or Russian Луганск (Lugansk) + Uganda. Alternatively borrowed directly from either Russian Луга́нда (Lugánda) or Ukrainian Луга́нда (Luhánda).

Words formed from Luganda

  • Lugandan

Questions about Luganda

What does Luganda mean?
Luganda means a Bantu language spoken mostly in Uganda.
What is Luganda in Marathi?
Luganda in Marathi is लुगांडा (lugāṇḍā). See Luganda meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Luganda?
Luganda is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Luganda?
Luganda is pronounced /luːˈɡændə/.

Words near Luganda in the dictionary

  1. lugadas
  2. Lugait
  3. lugal
  4. lugals
  5. lugalship
  6. Luganda
  7. Lugang
  8. Lugano
  9. Lugansk
  10. Lugansk People's Republic
  11. lugao

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