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Rwandan

Rwandan noun: a person from Rwanda or of Rwandan descent.

Noun

Rwandan (plural Rwandans)

  1. A person from Rwanda or of Rwandan descent.
    • But for so many, this city remains tied to the genocide, which saw between 800,000 and one million Rwandans murdered in a brutal tribal conflict in 1994.2021 April 13, Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, “The gleaming city that emerged from turmoil in the heart of Africa”, in CNN

Adjective

Rwandan (comparative more Rwandan, superlative most Rwandan)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Rwanda, the Rwandan people or language.
    • This is known as Umuganda, which translates as “coming together in common purpose.” It’s an old Rwandan concept, which was officially revived in its current, compulsory form in 2009.2021 April 13, Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, “The gleaming city that emerged from turmoil in the heart of Africa”, in CNN
    • Rwanda is in the early stages of talks to receive immigrants deported from the United States, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said on television late on Sunday.2025 May 5, “Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says”, in Reuters

Proper noun

Rwandan

  1. Kinyarwanda

Rwandan meaning in Bengali

Rwandan in Bengali

রুয়ান্ডীয়

Forms of Rwandan

Noun
pluralRwandans
Adjective
comparativemore Rwandan
superlativemost Rwandan

Origin of Rwandan

From Rwanda + -an.

Words formed from Rwandan

Questions about Rwandan

What does Rwandan mean?
Rwandan means a person from Rwanda or of Rwandan descent.
What is Rwandan in Bengali?
Rwandan in Bengali is রুয়ান্ডীয়. See Rwandan meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Rwandan?
Rwandan can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Rwandan?
The plural of Rwandan is Rwandans.

Words near Rwandan in the dictionary

  1. RW
  2. RWA
  3. RWAFF
  4. Rwanda
  5. Rwanda-Rundi
  6. Rwandan
  7. Rwandanness
  8. Rwandans
  9. Rwandese
  10. Rwandophone
  11. Rwandophones

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Rwandan (page history and authors); Rwandan (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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