Ruanda
Americannoun
plural
Ruandas,plural
Ruanda-
a member of a people living in Rwanda and the E Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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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.
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The last thing they wanted was for Brussels to push through its new plan to set up elected parliaments in Ruanda and Urundi and turn the two territories into constitutional kingdoms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their feudal rule was especially intricate in Ruanda.
From Time Magazine Archive
This state of affairs has come about because a cow in Ruanda is like a Cadillac in the U.S.�a mark of social distinction.
From Time Magazine Archive
Above the blue waters of Lake Tan-ganyike the Batutsi sing a song: The Kings are the Eye of God By which He watches over Ruanda.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From A Short History of the Great War by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
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