Type Country
Scripts Уганда(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) უგანდა(Georgian) Ուգանդա(Armenian) אוגנדה(Hebrew) اوگاندا(Persian) ウガンダ(Japanese Katakana) 우간다(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced Pron. /ju.ˈɡæn.də/(English) /u.ˈɡan.da/(German, Italian, Spanish, Polish) /u.ˈɡɐ̃.dɐ/(Portuguese) /u.ˈɡan.də/(Catalan) /ˈu.ɡɑn.dɑ/(Finnish) /ˈu.ɡɒn.dɒ/(Hungarian) /ʊ.ˈɡan.də/(Russian) /ˈu.ɡan.da/(Czech) /u.ɡɑn.dɑ/(Georgian) /u.ˈɡɑn.dɑ/(Armenian) /ɯᵝ.ɡän.dä/(Japanese) /u.ɡan.da/(Korean)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Buganda, the name of a kingdom within Uganda, which means "land of the Ganda" in the Luganda language. The Ganda are an ethnic group, their name possibly deriving from a Bantu word meaning "family". Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa.

Related Names

VariantsBuganda, Yuganda(Ganda)
Other Languages & CulturesUghanda(Arabic) Oeganda(Dutch) Ouganda(French)

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Entry updated October 6, 2024