Ruanda

[ roo-ahn-duh ]

noun

, plural Ru·an·das, (especially collectively) Ru·an·da

1. a member of a people living in Rwanda and the E Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2. Also called Kinyarwanda. the Bantu language of the Ruandas, closely related to Rundi, spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and by virtually the entire population of Rwanda.

Example Sentences

He had landed at Mombassa, crossed British East Africa, visited the new Belgian possessions of Urundi and Ruanda which are spoils of war, and made his way to Kabalo from Lake Tanganyika.

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He had in mind here the regions of Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Tanganyika, Ruanda, the Congo, and the Upper Nile.

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No small part of the north-western province of Ruanda had been lost as well: the Belgians had occupied Kigali and the British had driven the Germans from their shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza.

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Traveled north until I reached Ruanda—went on until I could see the Fire Mountains in the distance, and the country all smothered in lava.

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Direct north of Urundi is Ruanda; also a very large country.

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