English
Uganda
Uganda comes from Swahili Uganda ‘Buganda, subnational kingdom’, and goes back to Luganda Buganda ‘land of the Ganda’.
- LugandamodernBuganda‘land of the Ganda’
- SwahilimodernUganda‘Buganda, subnational kingdom’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- LugandamodernBuganda‘land of the Ganda’
- SwahilimodernUganda‘Buganda, subnational kingdom’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024same form
Earliest quotation: 2024, Nimi Princewill: “The Uganda Police Force described the planned protests as…”
Every English word from Luganda Buganda
Today it means
name A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Luganda Buganda / Uganda